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Does DA3 8LB flood?

Not in an at-risk area

DA3 8LB has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in DA3 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for DA3 8LB

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DA3 8LB
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 95 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around DA3 8LB. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near DA3 8LB

95
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
7
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-01-15)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 8 warnings nearby) · Franklin (2022, 2 warnings nearby) · St Jude storm 2013 (2013, 1 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DA3 8LB

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Hawley River Darent 8.3 km 0.40 m 0.64 m
HAWLEY GS — 8.3 km — —
Otford GS — 13.0 km — —
Otford River Darent 13.0 km 0.80 m 1.10 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the DA3 district.