Does CO1 flood?

Yes — parts of the CO1 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 90 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CO1 postcode district covers Castle, Greenstead, Old Heath and The Hythe, close to Beacon End, Wivenhoe, Thorington Street, and surrounding villages in parts of Essex and Suffolk.

90 postcodes in the CO1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 20 medium, 37 low, 29 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 CO1 postcodes are at risk?

CO1 1QG up to High CO1 1QJ up to High CO1 1XZ up to High CO1 2SD up to High CO1 1QD up to Medium CO1 1QH up to Medium CO1 1RS up to Medium CO1 1UU up to Medium CO1 1XL up to Medium CO1 2QY up to Medium CO1 2QZ up to Medium CO1 2RA up to Medium CO1 2TX up to Medium CO1 2UD up to Medium CO1 2UF up to Medium CO1 2UG up to Medium CO1 2UQ up to Medium CO1 2UT up to Medium CO1 2YN up to Medium CO1 2YR up to Medium CO1 2YT up to Medium CO1 2YU up to Medium CO1 2YW up to Medium CO1 2ZG up to Medium CO1 1EA up to Low CO1 1GD up to Low CO1 1QE up to Low CO1 1QT up to Low CO1 1QX up to Low CO1 1RA up to Low CO1 1RD up to Low CO1 1RE up to Low CO1 1RJ up to Low CO1 1RR up to Low CO1 1RT up to Low CO1 1RU up to Low CO1 1RZ up to Low CO1 1SA up to Low CO1 1TG up to Low CO1 1WW up to Low CO1 1XS up to Low CO1 1ZP up to Low CO1 2EX up to Low CO1 2GB up to Low CO1 2QR up to Low CO1 2QT up to Low CO1 2RB up to Low CO1 2RD up to Low CO1 2RE up to Low CO1 2RF up to Low CO1 2RJ up to Low CO1 2RQ up to Low CO1 2RT up to Low CO1 2RZ up to Low CO1 2TJ up to Low CO1 2TR up to Low CO1 2TS up to Low CO1 2TU up to Low CO1 2YL up to Low CO1 2ZD up to Low CO1 2ZF up to Low CO1 1RB up to Very low CO1 1RL up to Very low CO1 2GL up to Very low CO1 2GU up to Very low CO1 2GX up to Very low CO1 2GY up to Very low CO1 2NB up to Very low CO1 2NH up to Very low CO1 2NP up to Very low CO1 2NS up to Very low CO1 2NW up to Very low CO1 2QX up to Very low CO1 2SJ up to Very low CO1 2SL up to Very low CO1 2SP up to Very low CO1 2SQ up to Very low CO1 2ST up to Very low CO1 2SW up to Very low CO1 2SY up to Very low CO1 2TE up to Very low CO1 2TP up to Very low CO1 2TW up to Very low CO1 2UJ up to Very low CO1 2UR up to Very low CO1 2WG up to Very low CO1 2XE up to Very low CO1 2XF up to Very low CO1 2XL up to Very low CO1 2ZE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CO1

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

86 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (26 at warning level or above), most recently 17 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.