Does BN12 flood?

Yes — parts of the BN12 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BN12 postcode district covers Goring, Ferring, Marine, close to Littlehampton, Upper Beeding, Houghton, and surrounding villages in West Sussex.

67 postcodes in the BN12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 7 medium, 10 low, 13 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which BN12 postcodes are at risk?

BN12 4DG up to High BN12 4DJ up to High BN12 4DL up to High BN12 4FB up to High BN12 4FD up to High BN12 4FH up to High BN12 4FJ up to High BN12 4HP up to High BN12 4HR up to High BN12 4HS up to High BN12 4HT up to High BN12 4HW up to High BN12 4JB up to High BN12 4JF up to High BN12 4JG up to High BN12 4JH up to High BN12 4JJ up to High BN12 4JQ up to High BN12 4NE up to High BN12 4NJ up to High BN12 4PY up to High BN12 4QB up to High BN12 4QL up to High BN12 4QN up to High BN12 4QP up to High BN12 5PE up to High BN12 5PF up to High BN12 5PG up to High BN12 5PP up to High BN12 5PQ up to High BN12 5PS up to High BN12 5QD up to High BN12 5QP up to High BN12 5QS up to High BN12 5QU up to High BN12 5QX up to High BN12 5SS up to High BN12 4FG up to Medium BN12 6QA up to Medium BN12 6QN up to Medium BN12 6QQ up to Medium BN12 6QR up to Medium BN12 6QS up to Medium BN12 6QT up to Medium BN12 4FF up to Low BN12 4JA up to Low BN12 4NF up to Low BN12 5HD up to Low BN12 5PH up to Low BN12 5PR up to Low BN12 5PT up to Low BN12 5QF up to Low BN12 6PX up to Low BN12 6PY up to Low BN12 4DA up to Very low BN12 4DD up to Very low BN12 4DE up to Very low BN12 4DF up to Very low BN12 4DP up to Very low BN12 4DR up to Very low BN12 4HN up to Very low BN12 4HU up to Very low BN12 4HY up to Very low BN12 4HZ up to Very low BN12 4JE up to Very low BN12 4NB up to Very low BN12 4ND up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near BN12

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

261 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (14 at warning level or above), most recently 18 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

BN11 BN13 BN14 BN15 BN9 BN16 BN8 BN17

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © 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.