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Does DA12 flood?

Yes — parts of the DA12 district carry real flood risk: 18 of its 96 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DA12 postcode district covers Denton, Town, Chalk, Higham & Shorne, close to Tilbury, Hawley, and surrounding villages in parts of Kent and Essex.

96 postcodes in the DA12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 18 high, 4 medium, 6 low, 68 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 DA12 postcodes are at risk?

DA12 2AZ up to High DA12 2BD up to High DA12 2BS up to High DA12 2HN up to High DA12 2HR up to High DA12 2PL up to High DA12 2PS up to High DA12 2QA up to High DA12 2QB up to High DA12 2QE up to High DA12 2QS up to High DA12 2RN up to High DA12 2RR up to High DA12 2RS up to High DA12 2RU up to High DA12 2RW up to High DA12 2RY up to High DA12 3HU up to High DA12 2AT up to Medium DA12 2AW up to Medium DA12 2PA up to Medium DA12 2RX up to Medium DA12 2PN up to Low DA12 2PY up to Low DA12 2RT up to Low DA12 2SA up to Low DA12 2SN up to Low DA12 2SW up to Low DA12 1RG up to Very low DA12 2BF up to Very low DA12 2BG up to Very low DA12 2BP up to Very low DA12 2DN up to Very low DA12 2DW up to Very low DA12 2EH up to Very low DA12 2EL up to Very low DA12 2FA up to Very low DA12 2FB up to Very low DA12 2FD up to Very low DA12 2FE up to Very low DA12 2FF up to Very low DA12 2FH up to Very low DA12 2FL up to Very low DA12 2FP up to Very low DA12 2HS up to Very low DA12 2HT up to Very low DA12 2HU up to Very low DA12 2HZ up to Very low DA12 2JA up to Very low DA12 2JB up to Very low DA12 2JD up to Very low DA12 2JG up to Very low DA12 2JH up to Very low DA12 2JP up to Very low DA12 2JS up to Very low DA12 2JT up to Very low DA12 2JU up to Very low DA12 2JX up to Very low DA12 2JZ up to Very low DA12 2LA up to Very low DA12 2LB up to Very low DA12 2LD up to Very low DA12 2LE up to Very low DA12 2LH up to Very low DA12 2LL up to Very low DA12 2LQ up to Very low DA12 2LR up to Very low DA12 2LS up to Very low DA12 2LT up to Very low DA12 2LU up to Very low DA12 2LX up to Very low DA12 2LZ up to Very low DA12 2NN up to Very low DA12 2NP up to Very low DA12 2NR up to Very low DA12 2NT up to Very low DA12 2NU up to Very low DA12 2NW up to Very low DA12 2NZ up to Very low DA12 2PB up to Very low DA12 2PU up to Very low DA12 2PW up to Very low DA12 2PZ up to Very low DA12 2QF up to Very low DA12 2QG up to Very low DA12 2QH up to Very low DA12 2QJ up to Very low DA12 2QL up to Very low DA12 2QN up to Very low DA12 2QP up to Very low DA12 2QQ up to Very low DA12 2QT up to Very low DA12 2QW up to Very low DA12 2QX up to Very low DA12 2RD up to Very low DA12 4TG up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DA12

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

241 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (43 at warning level or above), most recently 18 April 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DA11 DA10 DA14 DA15 DA9 DA16 DA8 DA17

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.