Does E4 flood?

Yes — parts of the E4 district carry real flood risk: 38 of its 99 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The E4 postcode district covers Valley, Hale End & Highams Park South, Larkswood, Hatch Lane & Highams Park North, close to Walthamstow, Chingford, Edmonton, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater London and Essex.

99 postcodes in the E4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 38 high, 26 medium, 33 low, 2 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 E4 postcodes are at risk?

E4 6JA up to High E4 6LW up to High E4 6NA up to High E4 6NB up to High E4 7BF up to High E4 7NZ up to High E4 7PA up to High E4 7PX up to High E4 7SB up to High E4 7SD up to High E4 8BJ up to High E4 8DF up to High E4 8EB up to High E4 8HA up to High E4 8JQ up to High E4 8QB up to High E4 8QE up to High E4 8SA up to High E4 8SG up to High E4 8SH up to High E4 8SL up to High E4 8SN up to High E4 8SP up to High E4 8ST up to High E4 8SU up to High E4 8TD up to High E4 8TX up to High E4 9JJ up to High E4 9JN up to High E4 9LJ up to High E4 9LL up to High E4 9NG up to High E4 9NL up to High E4 9NN up to High E4 9PB up to High E4 9PP up to High E4 9PS up to High E4 9PT up to High E4 8DJ up to Medium E4 8ED up to Medium E4 8ES up to Medium E4 8GP up to Medium E4 8HY up to Medium E4 8JB up to Medium E4 8JE up to Medium E4 8JG up to Medium E4 8PZ up to Medium E4 8QS up to Medium E4 8QT up to Medium E4 8SE up to Medium E4 8SF up to Medium E4 8SQ up to Medium E4 8SR up to Medium E4 8SS up to Medium E4 8YD up to Medium E4 8YG up to Medium E4 8YJ up to Medium E4 8YS up to Medium E4 8YT up to Medium E4 8YU up to Medium E4 8YW up to Medium E4 9JH up to Medium E4 9NX up to Medium E4 9SE up to Medium E4 6DU up to Low E4 6DW up to Low E4 6DZ up to Low E4 6JB up to Low E4 6JF up to Low E4 6LP up to Low E4 7QE up to Low E4 7RF up to Low E4 8HB up to Low E4 8JA up to Low E4 8JD up to Low E4 8NU up to Low E4 8PY up to Low E4 8QF up to Low E4 8QG up to Low E4 8QJ up to Low E4 8QQ up to Low E4 8RP up to Low E4 8RR up to Low E4 8RS up to Low E4 8RT up to Low E4 8SB up to Low E4 8SD up to Low E4 8YF up to Low E4 8YL up to Low E4 8YN up to Low E4 8YX up to Low E4 8YY up to Low E4 9JP up to Low E4 9JR up to Low E4 9NQ up to Low E4 9NW up to Low E4 9QR up to Low E4 7SR up to Very low E4 8AQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near E4

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

123 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (18 at warning level or above), most recently 16 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

E3 E5 E2 E6 E1 E1W E8 E9

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.