Does CR8 flood?

Yes — parts of the CR8 district carry real flood risk: 72 of its 94 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CR8 postcode district covers Purley & Woodcote, Kenley, Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown, Whyteleafe, close to Beddington, Carshalton, Woldingham, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater London and Surrey.

94 postcodes in the CR8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 72 high, 12 medium, 10 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 CR8 postcodes are at risk?

CR8 1HA up to High CR8 2AA up to High CR8 2AB up to High CR8 2AD up to High CR8 2AE up to High CR8 2AF up to High CR8 2AH up to High CR8 2AQ up to High CR8 2AS up to High CR8 2BB up to High CR8 2BG up to High CR8 2BH up to High CR8 2BJ up to High CR8 2BN up to High CR8 2BP up to High CR8 2BQ up to High CR8 2BS up to High CR8 2BT up to High CR8 2BU up to High CR8 2BW up to High CR8 2BX up to High CR8 2BY up to High CR8 2BZ up to High CR8 2DA up to High CR8 2DB up to High CR8 2DD up to High CR8 2DF up to High CR8 2DG up to High CR8 2DH up to High CR8 2DJ up to High CR8 2DP up to High CR8 2DR up to High CR8 2DT up to High CR8 2DU up to High CR8 2DW up to High CR8 2EA up to High CR8 2ED up to High CR8 2EF up to High CR8 2FB up to High CR8 2FD up to High CR8 2FQ up to High CR8 2HA up to High CR8 2HB up to High CR8 2HD up to High CR8 2HZ up to High CR8 2JY up to High CR8 2LH up to High CR8 2LN up to High CR8 2LP up to High CR8 2LT up to High CR8 2NL up to High CR8 2PG up to High CR8 2UN up to High CR8 2YL up to High CR8 2YX up to High CR8 5AA up to High CR8 5AB up to High CR8 5AD up to High CR8 5AE up to High CR8 5AJ up to High CR8 5AZ up to High CR8 5BS up to High CR8 5GB up to High CR8 5GE up to High CR8 5JA up to High CR8 5JD up to High CR8 5NA up to High CR8 5NB up to High CR8 5ND up to High CR8 5NE up to High CR8 5NF up to High CR8 5NL up to High CR8 2AJ up to Medium CR8 2BL up to Medium CR8 2DQ up to Medium CR8 2DS up to Medium CR8 2LE up to Medium CR8 3DU up to Medium CR8 5AT up to Medium CR8 5AU up to Medium CR8 5GX up to Medium CR8 5JS up to Medium CR8 5NH up to Medium CR8 5NJ up to Medium CR8 2AG up to Low CR8 2BA up to Low CR8 2DE up to Low CR8 2FR up to Low CR8 2HW up to Low CR8 2LQ up to Low CR8 2SD up to Low CR8 3DW up to Low CR8 5GD up to Low CR8 5NG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near CR8

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

59 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (6 at warning level or above), most recently 18 July 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

No recorded flood extent is mapped near this district's centre. No recorded outline near the district means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CR7 CR9 CR4 CR3 CR2 CR0

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.