Does E17 flood?

Yes — parts of the E17 district carry real flood risk: 35 of its 115 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The E17 postcode district covers St James, Chapel End, Lea Bridge, Higham Hill, close to Walthamstow, Stoke Newington, Edmonton, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater London and Essex.

115 postcodes in the E17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 35 high, 19 medium, 49 low, 12 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 E17 postcodes are at risk?

E17 4HR up to High E17 4LR up to High E17 4LU up to High E17 5EA up to High E17 5QJ up to High E17 6FE up to High E17 6FH up to High E17 6HH up to High E17 6LU up to High E17 6ZH up to High E17 7AW up to High E17 7HB up to High E17 7HD up to High E17 7HE up to High E17 7HF up to High E17 7HH up to High E17 7HJ up to High E17 7HL up to High E17 7HN up to High E17 7HP up to High E17 7HR up to High E17 7HS up to High E17 7HT up to High E17 7HU up to High E17 7HY up to High E17 7JA up to High E17 7JB up to High E17 7JF up to High E17 8AS up to High E17 8AX up to High E17 8ER up to High E17 8ET up to High E17 8HG up to High E17 8HH up to High E17 8HJ up to High E17 5EG up to Medium E17 6PB up to Medium E17 7AL up to Medium E17 7AN up to Medium E17 7HG up to Medium E17 7HX up to Medium E17 7JD up to Medium E17 7LE up to Medium E17 8AG up to Medium E17 8AL up to Medium E17 8AN up to Medium E17 8AP up to Medium E17 8AQ up to Medium E17 8AR up to Medium E17 8AT up to Medium E17 8AU up to Medium E17 8HL up to Medium E17 8HS up to Medium E17 8SF up to Medium E17 4LP up to Low E17 4LX up to Low E17 5AF up to Low E17 5AG up to Low E17 5AH up to Low E17 5AJ up to Low E17 5AL up to Low E17 5AN up to Low E17 5AQ up to Low E17 5BH up to Low E17 5BJ up to Low E17 5BT up to Low E17 5DH up to Low E17 5DJ up to Low E17 5DL up to Low E17 5DN up to Low E17 5DP up to Low E17 5FW up to Low E17 6AL up to Low E17 6DP up to Low E17 6DT up to Low E17 6DW up to Low E17 6FB up to Low E17 6FD up to Low E17 6FJ up to Low E17 6ZJ up to Low E17 6ZR up to Low E17 7AJ up to Low E17 7AP up to Low E17 7AR up to Low E17 7HA up to Low E17 7LH up to Low E17 8BN up to Low E17 8EL up to Low E17 8ES up to Low E17 8HA up to Low E17 8HB up to Low E17 8HD up to Low E17 8HE up to Low E17 8HN up to Low E17 8HP up to Low E17 8HQ up to Low E17 8HR up to Low E17 8HT up to Low E17 8SA up to Low E17 8SB up to Low E17 8SE up to Low E17 8SN up to Low E17 8SW up to Low E17 6NU up to Very low E17 6PA up to Very low E17 7AX up to Very low E17 7HW up to Very low E17 7LQ up to Very low E17 8AH up to Very low E17 8EG up to Very low E17 8HF up to Very low E17 8RS up to Very low E17 8RU up to Very low E17 8RX up to Very low E17 8SL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near E17

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

45 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (10 at warning level or above), most recently 15 February 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

E16 E18 E15 E14 E20 E13 E12 E11

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.