Does GU16 flood?

Yes — parts of the GU16 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 39 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GU16 postcode district covers Frimley, Frimley Green, Cherrywood, close to Mytchett, Cove, Blackwater, and surrounding villages in parts of Surrey and Hampshire.

39 postcodes in the GU16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 2 medium, 12 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 GU16 postcodes are at risk?

GU16 6AU up to High GU16 6DS up to High GU16 7AJ up to High GU16 7AL up to High GU16 7EH up to High GU16 7EL up to High GU16 7EN up to High GU16 7ER up to High GU16 7EW up to High GU16 7HD up to High GU16 7HE up to High GU16 7HF up to High GU16 7HH up to High GU16 7JG up to High GU16 7PG up to High GU16 7PL up to High GU16 7PN up to High GU16 7QE up to High GU16 7QR up to High GU16 7SG up to High GU16 8UT up to High GU16 8YL up to High GU16 8YX up to High GU16 9AR up to High GU16 9UW up to High GU16 9UU up to Medium GU16 9YJ up to Medium GU16 6AQ up to Low GU16 6DW up to Low GU16 7AX up to Low GU16 7AY up to Low GU16 7DU up to Low GU16 7EE up to Low GU16 7EF up to Low GU16 7EG up to Low GU16 7EJ up to Low GU16 7HJ up to Low GU16 7QH up to Low GU16 7QQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GU16

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

124 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, most recently 21 January 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

GU15 GU17 GU14 GU18 GU19 GU12 GU20 GU11

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.