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Does BR6 9JW flood?

No property in an EA risk band

No property in BR6 9JW appears in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset. That dataset covers one of five flood sources. It is area-level, it covers rivers and the sea only, and it is never proof a place cannot flood — surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately. See the at-risk postcodes in BR6 or get the full picture below.

The ground around BR6 9JW

The ground here sits at about 64 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 27.9 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around BR69JW, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 64 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 27.9 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of BR6 9JW, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for BR6 9JW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BR6 9JW
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 229 official warnings since 2006.

··· 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: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
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 BR6 9JW. 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 BR6 9JW

229
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2011
23
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-08-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 25 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 4 warnings nearby) · St Jude storm 2013 (2013, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for BR6 9JW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Kydbrook Close Kyd Brook 2.2 km 1.20 m 1.80 m
Sweeps Lane Groundwater Level 3.3 km 44.52 m 46.42 m
Hazelmere Road Kyd Brook 3.4 km 1.20 m 1.86 m
Magpie Hall Lane River Ravensbourne 3.9 km 1.60 m 1.89 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
Cso At Crofton Road Kyd Brook 2.5 km 53 (2024) 223

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

BR6 7AR up to Very low BR6 8EU up to High BR6 8HH up to Low BR6 8HL up to High BR6 8HQ up to High BR6 8HS up to High BR6 8LQ up to High BR6 8LS up to High BR6 8LT up to High BR6 8LY up to High BR6 8LZ up to High BR6 8PL up to High

At-risk postcodes near BR6 9JW — all in the BR6 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 BR6 district.