Does DT6 4AZ flood?

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in DT6 4AZ sit in the Environment Agency's Medium flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%11
Low0.1% – 1%30
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

How much rain falls on DT6 4AZ

DT6 4AZ gets about 891 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 108 mm; driest June, 52 mm). That is 23% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.

A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.5 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The ground around DT6 4AZ

The ground here sits at about 5 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 16.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around DT64AZ, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 5 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 16.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of DT6 4AZ, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for DT6 4AZ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
DT6 4AZ
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 836 official warnings since 2006.

D Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood outline within ~1 km: None mapped ⚑ Flood defence mapped within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None mapped 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 DT6 4AZ. 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 DT6 4AZ

836
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
249
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood outlines near this postcode

None mapped within ~1 km of this postcode's centre.

No recorded outline near this postcode means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. The full report tests every other flood source at the exact building.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 86 warnings nearby) · Ciaran (2023, 12 warnings nearby) · Imogen (2016, 10 warnings nearby) · Chandra (2026, 8 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for DT6 4AZ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
East Bridge Bridport River Asker 1.4 km 0.32 m 1.82 m
BRIDPORT EAST BRIDGE 1.4 km
BRIDPORT MAGDALEN LANE 1.6 km
Jessop Avenue Bridport River Asker 1.8 km 0.65 m 1.32 m

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

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
West Bay Road Cso River Brit 0.2 km 0 (2024) 0
South Bridge Comb. Storm Overflow River Asker(s) 0.8 km 49 (2024) 247
South Street Cso River Brit 0.9 km 76 (2024) 533
West Bay Sluices Bridport Harbour(west Bay)(c) 1.0 km 48 (2024) 541

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

29 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~63 m (embankment, natural high ground, wall, flood gate). 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.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near DT6 4AZ — all in the DT6 district.

© 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 DT6 district.