Does E12 flood?

Only lower-likelihood flood risk is recorded in E12: none of its 106 listed postcodes goes beyond the Low band. The E12 postcode district covers Little Ilford, close to Wanstead, Seven Kings, Silvertown, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater London and Essex.

106 postcodes in the E12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 98 low, 8 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 E12 postcodes are at risk?

E12 5AE up to Low E12 5AH up to Low E12 5BF up to Low E12 5BN up to Low E12 5EW up to Low E12 5FB up to Low E12 5JP up to Low E12 5LG up to Low E12 5LH up to Low E12 5LN up to Low E12 5LP up to Low E12 5LQ up to Low E12 5LU up to Low E12 5LX up to Low E12 5LY up to Low E12 5LZ up to Low E12 5NA up to Low E12 5NB up to Low E12 5ND up to Low E12 5NE up to Low E12 5NG up to Low E12 5NJ up to Low E12 5NN up to Low E12 5NP up to Low E12 5NR up to Low E12 5NS up to Low E12 5NT up to Low E12 5NW up to Low E12 5NX up to Low E12 5NY up to Low E12 5NZ up to Low E12 5PA up to Low E12 5PD up to Low E12 5PE up to Low E12 5PG up to Low E12 5PQ up to Low E12 5QE up to Low E12 5QF up to Low E12 5QG up to Low E12 5QH up to Low E12 5QJ up to Low E12 5QP up to Low E12 5QQ up to Low E12 5QR up to Low E12 5QU up to Low E12 5QX up to Low E12 5QY up to Low E12 5QZ up to Low E12 5RA up to Low E12 5RF up to Low E12 5RG up to Low E12 5RH up to Low E12 5RL up to Low E12 5RN up to Low E12 5RP up to Low E12 5RQ up to Low E12 5RR up to Low E12 5RS up to Low E12 5RT up to Low E12 5RU up to Low E12 5RW up to Low E12 5RX up to Low E12 5RY up to Low E12 6HL up to Low E12 6HN up to Low E12 6HP up to Low E12 6HR up to Low E12 6HS up to Low E12 6HT up to Low E12 6HW up to Low E12 6JA up to Low E12 6JB up to Low E12 6JD up to Low E12 6JE up to Low E12 6JF up to Low E12 6JG up to Low E12 6JH up to Low E12 6JJ up to Low E12 6JL up to Low E12 6JN up to Low E12 6JP up to Low E12 6JR up to Low E12 6JS up to Low E12 6JT up to Low E12 6JU up to Low E12 6JW up to Low E12 6JX up to Low E12 6JY up to Low E12 6JZ up to Low E12 6LA up to Low E12 6LB up to Low E12 6LD up to Low E12 6LE up to Low E12 6LR up to Low E12 6LS up to Low E12 6LU up to Low E12 6LY up to Low E12 6LZ up to Low E12 5JR up to Very low E12 5PB up to Very low E12 5PF up to Very low E12 5PH up to Very low E12 6HH up to Very low E12 6HJ up to Very low E12 6LT up to Very low E12 6LX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near E12

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

109 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 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

E11 E13 E10 E14 E15 E9 E16 E8

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.