Does BR7 flood?

Yes — parts of the BR7 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 5 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The BR7 postcode district covers Chislehurst, close to Bickley, Petts Wood, Bromley, and surrounding villages in parts of England and Kent.

5 postcodes in the BR7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 2 low, 1 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 BR7 postcodes are at risk?

BR7 5NP up to High BR7 5NS up to High BR7 5JH up to Low BR7 6HL up to Low BR7 5RJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near BR7

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

Lower Camden on the Kyd Brook — 0.6 km away, highest on record 1.59m
Woodlands Road on the Kyd Brook — 0.9 km away, highest on record 2.54m
Hazelmere Road on the Kyd Brook — 2.3 km away, highest on record 1.86m
Bishops Avenue on the River Ravensbourne — 2.5 km away, highest on record 2.55m

176 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (18 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

07337E200_SEPT1968_Cray_Dartford (1968) — about 5.7 km from the centre
September 1968 flooding — about 2.7 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

BR6 BR5 BR4 BR3 BR2 BR1

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.