Does CB10 flood?

Yes — parts of the CB10 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 84 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CB10 postcode district covers Saffron Walden Audley, The Sampfords, Duxford, Ashdon, close to Great Chesterford, Linton, Clavering, and surrounding villages in parts of Cambridgeshire and Essex.

84 postcodes in the CB10 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 9 medium, 38 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 CB10 postcodes are at risk?

CB10 1BY up to High CB10 1BZ up to High CB10 1LS up to High CB10 1LT up to High CB10 1NR up to High CB10 1NS up to High CB10 1PS up to High CB10 1QY up to High CB10 1RD up to High CB10 1SA up to High CB10 1SH up to High CB10 1SL up to High CB10 1SR up to High CB10 1ST up to High CB10 1SX up to High CB10 1TB up to High CB10 1TS up to High CB10 1UE up to High CB10 1UX up to High CB10 1XA up to High CB10 2ET up to High CB10 2FU up to High CB10 2GN up to High CB10 2HA up to High CB10 2HB up to High CB10 2HF up to High CB10 2HR up to High CB10 2HT up to High CB10 2NA up to High CB10 2PD up to High CB10 2PE up to High CB10 2PR up to High CB10 2RQ up to High CB10 2RS up to High CB10 2TE up to High CB10 2TH up to High CB10 2TX up to High CB10 1BT up to Medium CB10 1BU up to Medium CB10 1BX up to Medium CB10 1DA up to Medium CB10 1NY up to Medium CB10 1PE up to Medium CB10 1TA up to Medium CB10 2NU up to Medium CB10 2UA up to Medium CB10 1AA up to Low CB10 1AE up to Low CB10 1AF up to Low CB10 1AG up to Low CB10 1AR up to Low CB10 1AS up to Low CB10 1DB up to Low CB10 1ED up to Low CB10 1EE up to Low CB10 1EH up to Low CB10 1EJ up to Low CB10 1EP up to Low CB10 1EQ up to Low CB10 1ER up to Low CB10 1EU up to Low CB10 1EW up to Low CB10 1EX up to Low CB10 1FD up to Low CB10 1FH up to Low CB10 1FP up to Low CB10 1HA up to Low CB10 1HB up to Low CB10 1HZ up to Low CB10 1JD up to Low CB10 1JZ up to Low CB10 1LH up to Low CB10 1LR up to Low CB10 1LU up to Low CB10 1NG up to Low CB10 1PJ up to Low CB10 1SS up to Low CB10 1SW up to Low CB10 1XH up to Low CB10 2PP up to Low CB10 2PQ up to Low CB10 2QF up to Low CB10 2QN up to Low CB10 2XP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CB10

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

76 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (2 at warning level or above), most recently 16 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

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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.