Does GL51 flood?

Yes — parts of the GL51 district carry real flood risk: 30 of its 75 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GL51 postcode district covers Springbank, St Peter's, Severn Vale South, Badgeworth, close to Cheltenham, The Leigh, Gloucester, and surrounding villages in parts of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

75 postcodes in the GL51 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 30 high, 17 medium, 25 low, 3 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 GL51 postcodes are at risk?

GL51 0AP up to High GL51 0QE up to High GL51 0RE up to High GL51 0SN up to High GL51 0TF up to High GL51 0TG up to High GL51 0TH up to High GL51 0WR up to High GL51 4UW up to High GL51 6SW up to High GL51 6TQ up to High GL51 7PA up to High GL51 8JN up to High GL51 8JP up to High GL51 8JQ up to High GL51 8LE up to High GL51 8PA up to High GL51 9DX up to High GL51 9LT up to High GL51 9NJ up to High GL51 9NN up to High GL51 9PT up to High GL51 9QF up to High GL51 9QL up to High GL51 9RS up to High GL51 9SY up to High GL51 9SZ up to High GL51 9TA up to High GL51 9TL up to High GL51 9TN up to High GL51 0AE up to Medium GL51 0SS up to Medium GL51 0TW up to Medium GL51 0UR up to Medium GL51 0US up to Medium GL51 0UT up to Medium GL51 0UW up to Medium GL51 0WH up to Medium GL51 0XX up to Medium GL51 6EH up to Medium GL51 6ET up to Medium GL51 8JR up to Medium GL51 8JW up to Medium GL51 9FL up to Medium GL51 9QA up to Medium GL51 9QJ up to Medium GL51 9TH up to Medium GL51 0QA up to Low GL51 0TE up to Low GL51 0TJ up to Low GL51 0UP up to Low GL51 3LU up to Low GL51 3LY up to Low GL51 3LZ up to Low GL51 6EB up to Low GL51 6QX up to Low GL51 6SL up to Low GL51 9AA up to Low GL51 9AH up to Low GL51 9AL up to Low GL51 9AN up to Low GL51 9DN up to Low GL51 9FB up to Low GL51 9FF up to Low GL51 9NQ up to Low GL51 9PQ up to Low GL51 9RY up to Low GL51 9SD up to Low GL51 9SL up to Low GL51 9SN up to Low GL51 9SU up to Low GL51 9SX up to Low GL51 0AQ up to Very low GL51 9LL up to Very low GL51 9LN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near GL51

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

514 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (272 at warning level or above), most recently 6 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

GL50 GL52 GL53 GL54 GL55 GL56 GL20 GL19

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.