Does GL18 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL18 district carry real flood risk: 16 of its 28 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL18 postcode district covers Newent & Taynton, Dymock, Hartpury & Redmarley, Penyard, close to Highleadon, Bromsberrow, Sandford Bridge, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

28 postcodes in the GL18 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 16 high, 5 medium, 7 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 GL18 postcodes are at risk?

GL18 1AJ up to High GL18 1AN up to High GL18 1AQ up to High GL18 1AR up to High GL18 1EG up to High GL18 1ES up to High GL18 1EU up to High GL18 1HD up to High GL18 1HF up to High GL18 1JX up to High GL18 1NF up to High GL18 1NT up to High GL18 1RB up to High GL18 1RE up to High GL18 2BE up to High GL18 2DW up to High GL18 1HE up to Medium GL18 1HL up to Medium GL18 1NE up to Medium GL18 1RG up to Medium GL18 2AT up to Medium GL18 1DB up to Low GL18 1DD up to Low GL18 1DE up to Low GL18 1JH up to Low GL18 1NW up to Low GL18 1QY up to Low GL18 2DG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GL18

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

149 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, most recently 14 March 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

GL17 GL19 GL16 GL20 GL15 GL14 GL13 GL12

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.