Does GL13 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL13 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 53 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL13 postcode district covers Severn Vale, Wotton-under-Edge, close to Berkeley, Newtown, Lydney, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.

53 postcodes in the GL13 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 9 medium, 19 low, 11 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 GL13 postcodes are at risk?

GL13 9BW up to High GL13 9BY up to High GL13 9DE up to High GL13 9FB up to High GL13 9HU up to High GL13 9HW up to High GL13 9JR up to High GL13 9JU up to High GL13 9LP up to High GL13 9PY up to High GL13 9QR up to High GL13 9TE up to High GL13 9TF up to High GL13 9TL up to High GL13 9BQ up to Medium GL13 9HA up to Medium GL13 9HB up to Medium GL13 9NH up to Medium GL13 9QH up to Medium GL13 9QU up to Medium GL13 9QY up to Medium GL13 9RA up to Medium GL13 9RL up to Medium GL13 9DX up to Low GL13 9DZ up to Low GL13 9EA up to Low GL13 9EB up to Low GL13 9ED up to Low GL13 9EE up to Low GL13 9ET up to Low GL13 9EU up to Low GL13 9EW up to Low GL13 9NF up to Low GL13 9PA up to Low GL13 9PU up to Low GL13 9QS up to Low GL13 9QZ up to Low GL13 9TA up to Low GL13 9TN up to Low GL13 9UD up to Low GL13 9UF up to Low GL13 9UQ up to Low GL13 9BJ up to Very low GL13 9DR up to Very low GL13 9DS up to Very low GL13 9DT up to Very low GL13 9DU up to Very low GL13 9DY up to Very low GL13 9QP up to Very low GL13 9QX up to Very low GL13 9TB up to Very low GL13 9TP up to Very low GL13 9TR up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL13

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

389 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (28 at warning level or above), most recently 4 April 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

GL12 GL14 GL11 GL15 GL10 GL16 GL17 GL9

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.