Does BN18 flood?

Yes — parts of the BN18 district carry real flood risk: 50 of its 79 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BN18 postcode district covers Arundel & Walberton, Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley, Yapton, Middleton-on-Sea, close to Houghton, Littlehampton, Barnham, and surrounding villages in West Sussex.

79 postcodes in the BN18 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 50 high, 14 medium, 13 low, 2 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 BN18 postcodes are at risk?

BN18 0AT up to High BN18 0AX up to High BN18 0BH up to High BN18 0BJ up to High BN18 0BT up to High BN18 0BU up to High BN18 0FP up to High BN18 0JX up to High BN18 9DF up to High BN18 9DH up to High BN18 9DX up to High BN18 9EB up to High BN18 9EU up to High BN18 9EX up to High BN18 9EY up to High BN18 9FF up to High BN18 9GY up to High BN18 9JF up to High BN18 9JG up to High BN18 9JJ up to High BN18 9JL up to High BN18 9JN up to High BN18 9JP up to High BN18 9JS up to High BN18 9JY up to High BN18 9JZ up to High BN18 9LF up to High BN18 9LP up to High BN18 9LR up to High BN18 9LS up to High BN18 9LU up to High BN18 9LW up to High BN18 9NA up to High BN18 9NB up to High BN18 9ND up to High BN18 9NF up to High BN18 9NN up to High BN18 9NQ up to High BN18 9PA up to High BN18 9PB up to High BN18 9PF up to High BN18 9QN up to High BN18 9QT up to High BN18 9QY up to High BN18 9RD up to High BN18 9RE up to High BN18 9RH up to High BN18 9SA up to High BN18 9SR up to High BN18 9SU up to High BN18 0AY up to Medium BN18 0TR up to Medium BN18 9DT up to Medium BN18 9DU up to Medium BN18 9EA up to Medium BN18 9FL up to Medium BN18 9FN up to Medium BN18 9JQ up to Medium BN18 9JU up to Medium BN18 9LE up to Medium BN18 9LT up to Medium BN18 9PD up to Medium BN18 9RZ up to Medium BN18 9TA up to Medium BN18 0AZ up to Low BN18 0BX up to Low BN18 0DB up to Low BN18 0DF up to Low BN18 0JZ up to Low BN18 0UZ up to Low BN18 9DP up to Low BN18 9DW up to Low BN18 9EG up to Low BN18 9FE up to Low BN18 9JT up to Low BN18 9PH up to Low BN18 9PT up to Low BN18 0EB up to Very low BN18 9QL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near BN18

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

388 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (19 at warning level or above), most recently 26 August 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

BN17 BN16 BN20 BN15 BN21 BN14 BN22 BN13

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.