Does CM2 flood?

Yes — parts of the CM2 district carry real flood risk: 35 of its 167 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CM2 postcode district covers Moulsham and Central, Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park, Great Baddow East, Trinity, close to Chelmsford, Widford, Sandon, and surrounding villages in Essex.

167 postcodes in the CM2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 35 high, 82 medium, 48 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 CM2 postcodes are at risk?

CM2 0PG up to High CM2 0RR up to High CM2 0RW up to High CM2 6DG up to High CM2 6GJ up to High CM2 6GL up to High CM2 6GP up to High CM2 6HL up to High CM2 6JG up to High CM2 6LJ up to High CM2 6LR up to High CM2 6LY up to High CM2 6NT up to High CM2 6NX up to High CM2 6NY up to High CM2 6NZ up to High CM2 6WS up to High CM2 6WY up to High CM2 6XF up to High CM2 6YL up to High CM2 6YQ up to High CM2 6YS up to High CM2 6YU up to High CM2 6ZN up to High CM2 7AB up to High CM2 7RS up to High CM2 7RT up to High CM2 7SG up to High CM2 8JL up to High CM2 8TG up to High CM2 8TH up to High CM2 8TJ up to High CM2 8UF up to High CM2 8UN up to High CM2 8UX up to High CM2 0BX up to Medium CM2 0DA up to Medium CM2 0DB up to Medium CM2 0DD up to Medium CM2 0DE up to Medium CM2 0DG up to Medium CM2 0DL up to Medium CM2 0DN up to Medium CM2 0DP up to Medium CM2 0DW up to Medium CM2 0DX up to Medium CM2 0EF up to Medium CM2 0EG up to Medium CM2 0EJ up to Medium CM2 0EL up to Medium CM2 0EN up to Medium CM2 0EQ up to Medium CM2 0ES up to Medium CM2 0FP up to Medium CM2 0FR up to Medium CM2 0FS up to Medium CM2 0FW up to Medium CM2 0GE up to Medium CM2 0GJ up to Medium CM2 0GP up to Medium CM2 0GT up to Medium CM2 0HR up to Medium CM2 0HU up to Medium CM2 0LG up to Medium CM2 0LR up to Medium CM2 0ND up to Medium CM2 0NF up to Medium CM2 0NL up to Medium CM2 0NN up to Medium CM2 0NP up to Medium CM2 0PD up to Medium CM2 0PE up to Medium CM2 0PP up to Medium CM2 0PW up to Medium CM2 0QH up to Medium CM2 0RF up to Medium CM2 0RN up to Medium CM2 0RS up to Medium CM2 0RT up to Medium CM2 0RX up to Medium CM2 0RZ up to Medium CM2 0SF up to Medium CM2 0TN up to Medium CM2 0TR up to Medium CM2 0TW up to Medium CM2 0UH up to Medium CM2 0UU up to Medium CM2 0WP up to Medium CM2 6FD up to Medium CM2 6FS up to Medium CM2 6GY up to Medium CM2 6HE up to Medium CM2 6HQ up to Medium CM2 6HZ up to Medium CM2 6JE up to Medium CM2 6JH up to Medium CM2 6JY up to Medium CM2 6LU up to Medium CM2 6NH up to Medium CM2 6NJ up to Medium CM2 6NR up to Medium CM2 6QT up to Medium CM2 6RB up to Medium CM2 6YF up to Medium CM2 6YH up to Medium CM2 6YT up to Medium CM2 6ZT up to Medium CM2 7AD up to Medium CM2 7FS up to Medium CM2 7GY up to Medium CM2 7NJ up to Medium CM2 7PJ up to Medium CM2 7PL up to Medium CM2 7PN up to Medium CM2 7PR up to Medium CM2 7PX up to Medium CM2 7TD up to Medium CM2 0DR up to Low CM2 0DY up to Low CM2 0EP up to Low CM2 0ER up to Low CM2 0HG up to Low CM2 0HX up to Low CM2 0HY up to Low CM2 0NA up to Low CM2 0QX up to Low CM2 0RB up to Low CM2 0RE up to Low CM2 0RG up to Low CM2 0RU up to Low CM2 0RY up to Low CM2 0SA up to Low CM2 0SB up to Low CM2 0SE up to Low CM2 0SP up to Low CM2 0SW up to Low CM2 0XQ up to Low CM2 6FA up to Low CM2 6FF up to Low CM2 6FH up to Low CM2 6FL up to Low CM2 6HF up to Low CM2 6HU up to Low CM2 6HX up to Low CM2 6HY up to Low CM2 6JX up to Low CM2 6LB up to Low CM2 6ND up to Low CM2 6NP up to Low CM2 6QR up to Low CM2 6WT up to Low CM2 6ZH up to Low CM2 6ZP up to Low CM2 6ZQ up to Low CM2 7BP up to Low CM2 7DW up to Low CM2 7HH up to Low CM2 7LY up to Low CM2 7NL up to Low CM2 7RP up to Low CM2 7RW up to Low CM2 7TN up to Low CM2 8EA up to Low CM2 8GB up to Low CM2 8HZ up to Low CM2 0AS up to Very low CM2 0LJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CM2

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

SPRINGFIELD FGS AND RAINGAUGE — 1 km away
Springfield on the River Chelmer — 1 km away, highest on record 1.43m
BEACHES MILL FGS GSM — 2.7 km away
Beach's Mill on the River Can — 2.8 km away, highest on record 2.82m

222 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (55 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):

2013 Flood Outline (2013) — about 86.5 km from the centre
2009 Flood Outline (2009) — about 18 km from the centre
1968 September Flood Outline (1968) — about 41.4 km from the centre
1958 Flood Outline (1958) — about 6.9 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

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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.