Does CB24 flood?

Yes — parts of the CB24 district carry real flood risk: 80 of its 150 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CB24 postcode district covers Longstanton, Swavesey, Cottenham, close to Oakington, Girton, Over, and surrounding villages in Cambridgeshire.

150 postcodes in the CB24 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 80 high, 34 medium, 32 low, 4 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 CB24 postcodes are at risk?

CB24 1AB up to High CB24 1AJ up to High CB24 1AL up to High CB24 1AN up to High CB24 1AP up to High CB24 1AQ up to High CB24 1AR up to High CB24 1AS up to High CB24 1AT up to High CB24 1BP up to High CB24 1BQ up to High CB24 1BU up to High CB24 1BW up to High CB24 1BY up to High CB24 1DL up to High CB24 1DQ up to High CB24 1DR up to High CB24 1DS up to High CB24 1DX up to High CB24 1EF up to High CB24 1EG up to High CB24 1EH up to High CB24 1EJ up to High CB24 1EL up to High CB24 3AB up to High CB24 3AD up to High CB24 3AE up to High CB24 3AH up to High CB24 3AJ up to High CB24 3AL up to High CB24 3AP up to High CB24 3AW up to High CB24 3BB up to High CB24 3BD up to High CB24 3BE up to High CB24 3BF up to High CB24 3BG up to High CB24 3BH up to High CB24 3BQ up to High CB24 3BW up to High CB24 3DN up to High CB24 3DU up to High CB24 3EA up to High CB24 3FH up to High CB24 3GP up to High CB24 3UP up to High CB24 3US up to High CB24 3XA up to High CB24 4QJ up to High CB24 4QL up to High CB24 4QP up to High CB24 4QZ up to High CB24 4RX up to High CB24 4SE up to High CB24 4SJ up to High CB24 4SU up to High CB24 4SY up to High CB24 4SZ up to High CB24 4TE up to High CB24 5JN up to High CB24 5LP up to High CB24 5LT up to High CB24 5NE up to High CB24 5NS up to High CB24 5NT up to High CB24 5PP up to High CB24 6AF up to High CB24 6UB up to High CB24 8PN up to High CB24 8PQ up to High CB24 8PT up to High CB24 8PU up to High CB24 8PY up to High CB24 8PZ up to High CB24 8QH up to High CB24 8QQ up to High CB24 8RR up to High CB24 8SA up to High CB24 8SW up to High CB24 8UP up to High CB24 3BS up to Medium CB24 3BT up to Medium CB24 3DP up to Medium CB24 3DW up to Medium CB24 3GW up to Medium CB24 3GY up to Medium CB24 4AG up to Medium CB24 4GH up to Medium CB24 4GJ up to Medium CB24 4GQ up to Medium CB24 4QG up to Medium CB24 4QH up to Medium CB24 4QQ up to Medium CB24 4QU up to Medium CB24 4QW up to Medium CB24 4QY up to Medium CB24 4RF up to Medium CB24 4RJ up to Medium CB24 4RN up to Medium CB24 4RP up to Medium CB24 4RU up to Medium CB24 4SA up to Medium CB24 4SW up to Medium CB24 4TR up to Medium CB24 4TT up to Medium CB24 5HZ up to Medium CB24 5JL up to Medium CB24 5JW up to Medium CB24 5LR up to Medium CB24 6AG up to Medium CB24 8PP up to Medium CB24 8PX up to Medium CB24 8UG up to Medium CB24 9LQ up to Medium CB24 3BN up to Low CB24 3DJ up to Low CB24 3DQ up to Low CB24 3DX up to Low CB24 3DZ up to Low CB24 3ER up to Low CB24 3EX up to Low CB24 3EY up to Low CB24 3EZ up to Low CB24 3FG up to Low CB24 3GN up to Low CB24 3YW up to Low CB24 4SG up to Low CB24 4SH up to Low CB24 5LS up to Low CB24 5NJ up to Low CB24 5NX up to Low CB24 6AD up to Low CB24 8AH up to Low CB24 8PS up to Low CB24 8RL up to Low CB24 9AL up to Low CB24 9EH up to Low CB24 9HE up to Low CB24 9HF up to Low CB24 9HJ up to Low CB24 9JA up to Low CB24 9JB up to Low CB24 9JE up to Low CB24 9JJ up to Low CB24 9LR up to Low CB24 9US up to Low CB24 4TF up to Very low CB24 5AJ up to Very low CB24 8RZ up to Very low CB24 8SP up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CB24

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

Oakington on the Oakington Brook — 3.5 km away, highest on record 3.32m
Girton on the Washpit Brook — 4.9 km away, highest on record 2.39m
Brownshill on the River Great Ouse — 6.4 km away, highest on record 2.75m
Earith on the River Great Ouse — 7.7 km away, highest on record 3.15m

109 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (17 at warning level or above), most recently 6 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

October 2001 (2001) — about 3.1 km from the centre

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

CB23 CB25 CB22 CB21 CB11 CB10 CB9 CB8

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.