Does GU47 flood?

Yes — parts of the GU47 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 30 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GU47 postcode district covers Sandhurst, Owlsmoor & College Town, close to Blackwater, Cove, Mytchett, and surrounding villages in parts of Hampshire and Wokingham.

30 postcodes in the GU47 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 1 medium, 4 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 GU47 postcodes are at risk?

GU47 8JQ up to High GU47 9AA up to High GU47 9AD up to High GU47 9AF up to High GU47 9AG up to High GU47 9AN up to High GU47 9AP up to High GU47 9AQ up to High GU47 9AS up to High GU47 9AW up to High GU47 9BD up to High GU47 9BE up to High GU47 9BG up to High GU47 9BH up to High GU47 9BJ up to High GU47 9BN up to High GU47 9BQ up to High GU47 9BW up to High GU47 9BZ up to High GU47 9DP up to High GU47 9DZ up to High GU47 9ED up to High GU47 9RN up to High GU47 9RR up to High GU47 9RW up to High GU47 9AE up to Medium GU47 0FD up to Low GU47 9BY up to Low GU47 9DA up to Low GU47 9DY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GU47

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

194 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (2 at warning level or above), most recently 15 February 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

GU46 GU51 GU52 GU35 GU34 GU33 GU32 GU31

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.