Does DA4 flood?

Yes — parts of the DA4 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 40 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DA4 postcode district covers Farningham, Horton Kirby and South Darenth, Eynsford, Wilmington, Sutton-at-Hone & Hawley, close to Hawley, Crayford, Coldblow, and surrounding villages in parts of England and Kent.

40 postcodes in the DA4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 6 medium, 17 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 DA4 postcodes are at risk?

DA4 0AE up to High DA4 0BS up to High DA4 0DG up to High DA4 0DN up to High DA4 0DP up to High DA4 0DW up to High DA4 0DX up to High DA4 0EJ up to High DA4 0JJ up to High DA4 9AA up to High DA4 9AB up to High DA4 9BA up to High DA4 9BB up to High DA4 9FF up to High DA4 9GR up to High DA4 9HU up to High DA4 9LN up to High DA4 0AA up to Medium DA4 0DH up to Medium DA4 9AX up to Medium DA4 9BY up to Medium DA4 9DZ up to Medium DA4 9HQ up to Medium DA4 0AH up to Low DA4 0BE up to Low DA4 0BN up to Low DA4 0DQ up to Low DA4 0JA up to Low DA4 9AY up to Low DA4 9AZ up to Low DA4 9BD up to Low DA4 9BN up to Low DA4 9BU up to Low DA4 9BZ up to Low DA4 9EW up to Low DA4 9HT up to Low DA4 9JP up to Low DA4 9JR up to Low DA4 9LQ up to Low DA4 9LW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DA4

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

Hawley on the River Darent — 3.8 km away, highest on record 0.64m
HAWLEY GS — 3.8 km away
Sweeps Lane on the Groundwater Level — 7.5 km away, highest on record 46.42m
CRAYFORD GS — 7.8 km away

122 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (11 at warning level or above), most recently 2 June 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

07337E200_SEPT1968_Darent_Shoreham (1968) — about 7.6 km from the centre
07337E200_SEPT1968_Darent & Cray_Horton Kirby (1968) — about 0.4 km from the centre
07337E200_SEPT1968_Darent_Eynsford & Farningham (1968) — about 2.1 km from the centre
07337E200_SEPT1968_Darent_Darenth (1968) — about 2.8 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DA5 DA2 DA1 DA8 DA9 DA10 DA11 DA12

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.