Does BH19 1NR flood?

Not in an at-risk area

BH19 1NR has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in BH19 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for BH19 1NR

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BH19 1NR
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 1 recorded flood nearby; 86 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
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Surface water
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Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around BH19 1NR. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near BH19 1NR

86
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2011
21
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Feb 2014 Swanage_Winter 2013 to 2014 ~0.4 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 9 warnings nearby) · Ciaran (2023, 3 warnings nearby) · Chandra (2026, 2 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BH19 1NR

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Swanage King Georges Field St Marys Church Swan Brook 0.5 km 0.45 m 0.55 m
Swanage Prospect Farm Swan Brook Swan Brook 0.9 km 0.65 m 1.31 m
BAGGS MILL 14.2 km
Iford Bridge River Stour 17.9 km 2.50 m 3.81 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
New Swanage Attenuation Tank Ulwell Stream 0.4 km 10 (2024) 28
Herston Cross Attenuation Tank Cso Trib Of River Swan(s) 1.2 km 3 (2024) 9
Durlston Road Ps Unnamed Stream To Durlston Bay 1.3 km 44 (2024) 50
Swanage Tunnel Swanage Bay 1.4 km 1 (2024) 2

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

58 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~349 m (natural high ground, demountable defence, embankment, engineered high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near BH19 1NR — all in the BH19 district.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the BH19 district.