Does CO9 flood?

Yes — parts of the CO9 district carry real flood risk: 58 of its 109 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CO9 postcode district covers Yeldham, Hedingham, Halstead Trinity, Halstead St Andrew's, close to Castle Hedingham, Colne Engaine, Stisted, and surrounding villages in parts of Essex and Suffolk.

109 postcodes in the CO9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 58 high, 15 medium, 36 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 CO9 postcodes are at risk?

CO9 1ET up to High CO9 1EX up to High CO9 1EZ up to High CO9 1FD up to High CO9 1HB up to High CO9 1HR up to High CO9 1HT up to High CO9 1HU up to High CO9 1HW up to High CO9 1JA up to High CO9 1JD up to High CO9 1JQ up to High CO9 1JZ up to High CO9 1XR up to High CO9 2JG up to High CO9 2JN up to High CO9 2JQ up to High CO9 2JR up to High CO9 2LP up to High CO9 2LS up to High CO9 2LT up to High CO9 2NH up to High CO9 2NW up to High CO9 2PB up to High CO9 2PQ up to High CO9 2QN up to High CO9 2RE up to High CO9 3AL up to High CO9 3DP up to High CO9 3DR up to High CO9 3ED up to High CO9 3HA up to High CO9 3HX up to High CO9 3HY up to High CO9 3NS up to High CO9 3QH up to High CO9 3RB up to High CO9 3RE up to High CO9 3RH up to High CO9 3SB up to High CO9 4AB up to High CO9 4AH up to High CO9 4AJ up to High CO9 4ER up to High CO9 4HB up to High CO9 4HJ up to High CO9 4HP up to High CO9 4HU up to High CO9 4JA up to High CO9 4LG up to High CO9 4LX up to High CO9 4NE up to High CO9 4NP up to High CO9 4PR up to High CO9 4PT up to High CO9 4PY up to High CO9 4QL up to High CO9 4RA up to High CO9 1HE up to Medium CO9 1HJ up to Medium CO9 1HQ up to Medium CO9 1HZ up to Medium CO9 1PR up to Medium CO9 2LU up to Medium CO9 2TD up to Medium CO9 3DS up to Medium CO9 3QA up to Medium CO9 4BB up to Medium CO9 4ES up to Medium CO9 4HS up to Medium CO9 4PP up to Medium CO9 4PS up to Medium CO9 4PZ up to Medium CO9 1HA up to Low CO9 1HD up to Low CO9 1LA up to Low CO9 1LL up to Low CO9 1PX up to Low CO9 1PY up to Low CO9 1TU up to Low CO9 1UG up to Low CO9 2DR up to Low CO9 2JB up to Low CO9 2JD up to Low CO9 2QT up to Low CO9 3AN up to Low CO9 3BL up to Low CO9 3DB up to Low CO9 3DY up to Low CO9 3DZ up to Low CO9 3FN up to Low CO9 3HD up to Low CO9 3HS up to Low CO9 3LH up to Low CO9 3NU up to Low CO9 3QD up to Low CO9 4EA up to Low CO9 4EB up to Low CO9 4EU up to Low CO9 4EX up to Low CO9 4HA up to Low CO9 4JN up to Low CO9 4JQ up to Low CO9 4LQ up to Low CO9 4PD up to Low CO9 4PJ up to Low CO9 4PX up to Low CO9 4QD up to Low CO9 4QE up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CO9

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

102 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (15 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.