Does CT3 flood?

Yes — parts of the CT3 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 81 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CT3 postcode district covers Little Stour & Adisham, Little Stour & Ashstone, Reculver, Sandwich, close to Upstreet, Wingham, Littlebourne, and surrounding villages in Kent.

81 postcodes in the CT3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 11 medium, 13 low, 20 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 CT3 postcodes are at risk?

CT3 1EX up to High CT3 1HZ up to High CT3 1JB up to High CT3 1QJ up to High CT3 1RD up to High CT3 1RF up to High CT3 1RG up to High CT3 1RJ up to High CT3 1RL up to High CT3 1RN up to High CT3 1RP up to High CT3 1RQ up to High CT3 1RR up to High CT3 1RS up to High CT3 1RU up to High CT3 1RW up to High CT3 1SL up to High CT3 1ST up to High CT3 1UE up to High CT3 1UH up to High CT3 1UJ up to High CT3 1UN up to High CT3 1UU up to High CT3 1UY up to High CT3 2DG up to High CT3 2DU up to High CT3 2LP up to High CT3 2LT up to High CT3 4AS up to High CT3 4BJ up to High CT3 4BL up to High CT3 4BP up to High CT3 4DN up to High CT3 4DP up to High CT3 4EB up to High CT3 4EF up to High CT3 4LG up to High CT3 1AA up to Medium CT3 1DN up to Medium CT3 1UA up to Medium CT3 2DD up to Medium CT3 2HW up to Medium CT3 4AY up to Medium CT3 4BE up to Medium CT3 4BN up to Medium CT3 4EE up to Medium CT3 4EH up to Medium CT3 4ND up to Medium CT3 1AT up to Low CT3 1DE up to Low CT3 1DW up to Low CT3 1HE up to Low CT3 1HT up to Low CT3 1JF up to Low CT3 1JS up to Low CT3 1NH up to Low CT3 1QN up to Low CT3 1RE up to Low CT3 1UD up to Low CT3 4EL up to Low CT3 4JN up to Low CT3 1BU up to Very low CT3 1BW up to Very low CT3 1EL up to Very low CT3 1HP up to Very low CT3 1HX up to Very low CT3 1HY up to Very low CT3 1SQ up to Very low CT3 2BZ up to Very low CT3 2EQ up to Very low CT3 2LL up to Very low CT3 2LS up to Very low CT3 2NH up to Very low CT3 2NJ up to Very low CT3 4DF up to Very low CT3 4EA up to Very low CT3 4EG up to Very low CT3 4EJ up to Very low CT3 4EN up to Very low CT3 4EP up to Very low CT3 4EQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CT3

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

152 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (16 at warning level or above), most recently 2 April 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.