Does BS21 6UR flood?

Clevedon, North Somerset

Up to Very low likelihood

Properties in BS21 6UR sit in the Environment Agency's Very low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%4040

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a very low-likelihood area has less than a 3% chance of flooding at least once.

How much rain falls on BS21 6UR

BS21 6UR gets about 861 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 94 mm; driest April, 52 mm). That is 26% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.

A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.5 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The ground around BS21 6UR

The ground here sits at about 6 m above sea level and falls 4 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 0.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around BS216UR, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 6 m above sea level and falls 4 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 0.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of BS21 6UR, 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.

The watercourse nearest BS21 6UR

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Blind Yeo, about 190 m from the centre of BS21 6UR. It flows on to the sea.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Blind Yeo nearest the centre of BS21 6UR. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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Inside the full report for BS21 6UR

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
BS21 6UR
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the very low likelihood band; 3 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 252 official warnings since 2006.

B Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood outline within ~1 km: Yes ⚑ Flood defence mapped within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Very low
Surface water
···
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 BS21 6UR. 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 BS21 6UR

252
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
55
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-04-04)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood outlines near this postcode

DateMapped flood extentApprox. distance
Dec 1981 EA112_Coastal_DowlaisFm_Clevedon_1981 ~0.9 km
Dec 1981 EA112_Coastal_Clevedon ~0.8 km
Jan 1976 EA112_Coastal_Dowlais Farm_Clevedon ~0.7 km

These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

The rivers that matter for BS21 6UR

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Congresbury Congresbury Yeo 7.2 km 7.37 m 7.67 m
Wraxall Land Yeo 8.4 km 0.60 m 0.86 m
Iwood Congresbury Yeo 8.7 km 1.00 m 1.47 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
Clevedon Main Ps Bristol Channel 0.8 km 18 (2024) 68
Parnell Road Cso Land Yeo 1.5 km 0 (2024) 0
Old Street Cso, Clevedon Land Yeo (s) 1.6 km 0 (2024) 0
Clevedon Beach Pumping Station Bristol Channel (e) 1.7 km 8 (2024) 3

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

Flood defences

10 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~160 m (natural high ground, bridge abutment). 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 BS21 6UR — all in the BS21 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring (England); live overflow status © the water companies, incl. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Scottish Water. 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 BS21 district.