Does CB8 flood?

Yes — parts of the CB8 district carry real flood risk: 105 of its 170 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CB8 postcode district covers Newmarket East, Newmarket West, Newmarket North, Woodditton, close to Ousden, Fordham, Isleham, and surrounding villages in parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

170 postcodes in the CB8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 105 high, 18 medium, 31 low, 16 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 CB8 postcodes are at risk?

CB8 0BF up to High CB8 0BJ up to High CB8 0BL up to High CB8 0DS up to High CB8 0DT up to High CB8 0DU up to High CB8 0HG up to High CB8 0HL up to High CB8 0HN up to High CB8 0HP up to High CB8 0HQ up to High CB8 0HR up to High CB8 0HT up to High CB8 0HW up to High CB8 0HX up to High CB8 0HY up to High CB8 0HZ up to High CB8 0JW up to High CB8 0LL up to High CB8 0LN up to High CB8 0LS up to High CB8 0LT up to High CB8 0LU up to High CB8 0LX up to High CB8 0SZ up to High CB8 7AA up to High CB8 7AB up to High CB8 7AU up to High CB8 7FN up to High CB8 7FP up to High CB8 7HA up to High CB8 7HF up to High CB8 7HG up to High CB8 7HQ up to High CB8 7JF up to High CB8 7JW up to High CB8 7NE up to High CB8 7NP up to High CB8 7PG up to High CB8 7QT up to High CB8 7RL up to High CB8 7RP up to High CB8 7RR up to High CB8 7RW up to High CB8 7RX up to High CB8 7SE up to High CB8 7SH up to High CB8 7SU up to High CB8 7XA up to High CB8 8AE up to High CB8 8AR up to High CB8 8BZ up to High CB8 8DS up to High CB8 8EA up to High CB8 8EG up to High CB8 8EJ up to High CB8 8EL up to High CB8 8EP up to High CB8 8EQ up to High CB8 8ER up to High CB8 8EU up to High CB8 8EW up to High CB8 8HZ up to High CB8 8JA up to High CB8 8JH up to High CB8 8JJ up to High CB8 8JL up to High CB8 8JP up to High CB8 8JQ up to High CB8 8JS up to High CB8 8JX up to High CB8 8LP up to High CB8 8LR up to High CB8 8LW up to High CB8 8NA up to High CB8 8NR up to High CB8 8NT up to High CB8 8RX up to High CB8 8SP up to High CB8 8SQ up to High CB8 8TH up to High CB8 8TJ up to High CB8 8UG up to High CB8 8UL up to High CB8 8UW up to High CB8 9AA up to High CB8 9AU up to High CB8 9AY up to High CB8 9AZ up to High CB8 9BB up to High CB8 9BE up to High CB8 9BH up to High CB8 9BU up to High CB8 9DN up to High CB8 9EQ up to High CB8 9HL up to High CB8 9HN up to High CB8 9JY up to High CB8 9PB up to High CB8 9PW up to High CB8 9QA up to High CB8 9QD up to High CB8 9UP up to High CB8 9UZ up to High CB8 9WA up to High CB8 0BX up to Medium CB8 0LE up to Medium CB8 0SU up to Medium CB8 0SY up to Medium CB8 8AD up to Medium CB8 8AF up to Medium CB8 8AQ up to Medium CB8 8AX up to Medium CB8 8DA up to Medium CB8 8DZ up to Medium CB8 8PJ up to Medium CB8 8QX up to Medium CB8 8SG up to Medium CB8 8TF up to Medium CB8 8XJ up to Medium CB8 9PP up to Medium CB8 9QQ up to Medium CB8 9UY up to Medium CB8 0JS up to Low CB8 0TR up to Low CB8 0TZ up to Low CB8 0WJ up to Low CB8 7FE up to Low CB8 7HB up to Low CB8 7HS up to Low CB8 7HX up to Low CB8 7NF up to Low CB8 7NL up to Low CB8 7NQ up to Low CB8 7PF up to Low CB8 7PT up to Low CB8 7QF up to Low CB8 8AG up to Low CB8 8BX up to Low CB8 8EN up to Low CB8 8FE up to Low CB8 8JZ up to Low CB8 8PB up to Low CB8 8QY up to Low CB8 8QZ up to Low CB8 8SE up to Low CB8 8SF up to Low CB8 8SX up to Low CB8 8UB up to Low CB8 8UJ up to Low CB8 8YU up to Low CB8 9EH up to Low CB8 9UJ up to Low CB8 9XG up to Low CB8 0DB up to Very low CB8 0DP up to Very low CB8 0JY up to Very low CB8 0JZ up to Very low CB8 0LY up to Very low CB8 0PX up to Very low CB8 0QA up to Very low CB8 0QD up to Very low CB8 0QE up to Very low CB8 0QW up to Very low CB8 7PP up to Very low CB8 7QL up to Very low CB8 8TG up to Very low CB8 8TQ up to Very low CB8 9JT up to Very low CB8 9PN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CB8

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

8 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, most recently 7 January 2024. 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

CB7 CB9 CB10 CB6 CB11 CB5 CB4 CB3

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.