Does GU28 flood?

Yes — parts of the GU28 district carry real flood risk: 12 of its 19 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GU28 postcode district covers Easebourne, Loxwood, Petworth, Fittleworth, close to Lodsworth, Selham, Midhurst, and surrounding villages in West Sussex.

19 postcodes in the GU28 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 12 high, 2 medium, 5 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 GU28 postcodes are at risk?

GU28 0JE up to High GU28 0JF up to High GU28 0JJ up to High GU28 0PH up to High GU28 0PS up to High GU28 0QN up to High GU28 9DG up to High GU28 9EN up to High GU28 9ER up to High GU28 9EY up to High GU28 9HJ up to High GU28 9HL up to High GU28 0PL up to Medium GU28 9EQ up to Medium GU28 0JP up to Low GU28 0PJ up to Low GU28 0PP up to Low GU28 9BP up to Low GU28 9EG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GU28

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

Halfway Bridge on the River Lod — 2 km away, highest on record 2.93m
Lodsbridge on the River Rother — 2.4 km away, highest on record 4.59m
Iping Mill on the River Rother — 9.6 km away, highest on record 3.11m
PALLINGHAM GS — 9.8 km away

164 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (39 at warning level or above), most recently 20 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

UPPER ARUN 1974 (1974) — about 9.6 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

GU27 GU29 GU26 GU30 GU25 GU31 GU24 GU32

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.