Does CM1 flood?

Yes — parts of the CM1 district carry real flood risk: 24 of its 91 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CM1 postcode district covers Moulsham and Central, Waterhouse Farm, Writtle, close to Chelmsford, Widford, Sandon, and surrounding villages in Essex.

91 postcodes in the CM1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 24 high, 23 medium, 39 low, 5 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 CM1 postcodes are at risk?

CM1 1AE up to High CM1 1DH up to High CM1 1DN up to High CM1 1GD up to High CM1 1LQ up to High CM1 1PD up to High CM1 1SQ up to High CM1 2NX up to High CM1 3ET up to High CM1 3EX up to High CM1 3RL up to High CM1 3RN up to High CM1 3RZ up to High CM1 3SA up to High CM1 4LH up to High CM1 4LL up to High CM1 4PB up to High CM1 4PD up to High CM1 4PZ up to High CM1 4RY up to High CM1 4RZ up to High CM1 4SX up to High CM1 4TZ up to High CM1 7BQ up to High CM1 1BD up to Medium CM1 1BN up to Medium CM1 1FG up to Medium CM1 1FU up to Medium CM1 1GH up to Medium CM1 1LE up to Medium CM1 1PA up to Medium CM1 1PB up to Medium CM1 1PU up to Medium CM1 1SP up to Medium CM1 1TN up to Medium CM1 1TP up to Medium CM1 1TQ up to Medium CM1 1TW up to Medium CM1 2QR up to Medium CM1 2QS up to Medium CM1 2QX up to Medium CM1 2QY up to Medium CM1 2RL up to Medium CM1 3EA up to Medium CM1 3EY up to Medium CM1 3RR up to Medium CM1 4LT up to Medium CM1 1BE up to Low CM1 1BT up to Low CM1 1DA up to Low CM1 1DE up to Low CM1 1DP up to Low CM1 1EJ up to Low CM1 1GL up to Low CM1 1JF up to Low CM1 1JN up to Low CM1 1LG up to Low CM1 1QY up to Low CM1 1RB up to Low CM1 1SL up to Low CM1 1WZ up to Low CM1 1XF up to Low CM1 1XG up to Low CM1 1XL up to Low CM1 1YJ up to Low CM1 1YQ up to Low CM1 2NS up to Low CM1 2QT up to Low CM1 2RS up to Low CM1 2RX up to Low CM1 2RY up to Low CM1 2SJ up to Low CM1 2UD up to Low CM1 3EU up to Low CM1 3SU up to Low CM1 4ED up to Low CM1 4EJ up to Low CM1 4HB up to Low CM1 4HD up to Low CM1 4PA up to Low CM1 4PE up to Low CM1 4PF up to Low CM1 4QL up to Low CM1 4QN up to Low CM1 4SA up to Low CM1 4UA up to Low CM1 2GR up to Very low CM1 2NJ up to Very low CM1 2NL up to Very low CM1 2NR up to Very low CM1 2NT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CM1

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

228 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (61 at warning level or above), most recently 19 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.