Does DA14 flood?

Yes — parts of the DA14 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 21 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DA14 postcode district covers Sidcup, St Paul's Cray, St Mary's & St James, Longlands, close to Petts Wood, Coldblow, Bickley, and surrounding villages in parts of England and Kent.

21 postcodes in the DA14 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 7 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 DA14 postcodes are at risk?

DA14 5AE up to High DA14 5AG up to High DA14 5AQ up to High DA14 5DF up to High DA14 5DT up to High DA14 5FA up to High DA14 5HB up to High DA14 5HJ up to High DA14 5HP up to High DA14 5HS up to High DA14 5HU up to High DA14 5HZ up to High DA14 5RH up to High DA14 5TA up to High DA14 5AB up to Low DA14 5BH up to Low DA14 5BL up to Low DA14 5BN up to Low DA14 5PA up to Low DA14 5PD up to Low DA14 6QG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DA14

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

Lamorbey Park on the Shuttle Tributary Cray — 2.5 km away, highest on record 2.33m
Sweeps Lane on the Groundwater Level — 3 km away, highest on record 46.42m
Hazelmere Road on the Kyd Brook — 3.8 km away, highest on record 1.86m
Hall Place on the River Cray — 4.1 km away, highest on record 1.35m

257 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (22 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

07337E300_AUG1977_River Cray_Old Bexley/St Mary's (1977) — about 1.8 km from the centre
07337E200_SEPT1968_Cray_Dartford (1968) — about 1.7 km from the centre
September 1968 flooding — about 3.9 km from the centre
November 1965 flooding — about 3.9 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DA15 DA12 DA16 DA11 DA17 DA10 DA18 DA9

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.