Does CB4 flood?

Yes — parts of the CB4 district carry real flood risk: 40 of its 70 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CB4 postcode district covers East Chesterton, West Chesterton, Market, close to Cambridge, Milton, Girton, and surrounding villages in Cambridgeshire.

70 postcodes in the CB4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 40 high, 6 medium, 22 low, 2 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 CB4 postcodes are at risk?

CB4 1BJ up to High CB4 1BL up to High CB4 1DL up to High CB4 1DR up to High CB4 1DU up to High CB4 1EB up to High CB4 1EG up to High CB4 1EH up to High CB4 1EQ up to High CB4 1EU up to High CB4 1FF up to High CB4 1GF up to High CB4 1HA up to High CB4 1HD up to High CB4 1HJ up to High CB4 1HL up to High CB4 1HX up to High CB4 1JA up to High CB4 1JL up to High CB4 1JN up to High CB4 1JP up to High CB4 1JR up to High CB4 1JS up to High CB4 1JT up to High CB4 1JU up to High CB4 1JW up to High CB4 1JX up to High CB4 1NA up to High CB4 1NR up to High CB4 1PA up to High CB4 1PQ up to High CB4 1TH up to High CB4 1TR up to High CB4 1TU up to High CB4 1TX up to High CB4 1UN up to High CB4 1WA up to High CB4 1ZA up to High CB4 3AX up to High CB4 3BD up to High CB4 1BN up to Medium CB4 1BS up to Medium CB4 1JH up to Medium CB4 1RF up to Medium CB4 3BB up to Medium CB4 3BN up to Medium CB4 1DE up to Low CB4 1DH up to Low CB4 1DW up to Low CB4 1EJ up to Low CB4 1FQ up to Low CB4 1GW up to Low CB4 1HE up to Low CB4 1JF up to Low CB4 1NZ up to Low CB4 1PB up to Low CB4 1PD up to Low CB4 1PE up to Low CB4 1PF up to Low CB4 1PG up to Low CB4 1PS up to Low CB4 1RL up to Low CB4 1SQ up to Low CB4 1UD up to Low CB4 1UE up to Low CB4 1WF up to Low CB4 1WH up to Low CB4 1YP up to Low CB4 1HP up to Very low CB4 1HQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CB4

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

171 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (16 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.