Does GU5 flood?

Yes — parts of the GU5 district carry real flood risk: 20 of its 44 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GU5 postcode district covers Bramley & Wonersh, Tillingbourne, Shalford, close to Albury, Guildford, Cranleigh, and surrounding villages in Surrey.

44 postcodes in the GU5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 20 high, 8 medium, 16 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 GU5 postcodes are at risk?

GU5 0AR up to High GU5 0BW up to High GU5 0DB up to High GU5 0HB up to High GU5 0HW up to High GU5 0LG up to High GU5 0ND up to High GU5 9BE up to High GU5 9BF up to High GU5 9DT up to High GU5 9HA up to High GU5 9HF up to High GU5 9HT up to High GU5 9LA up to High GU5 9LB up to High GU5 9LD up to High GU5 9LJ up to High GU5 9LL up to High GU5 9RG up to High GU5 9RJ up to High GU5 0BA up to Medium GU5 0BB up to Medium GU5 0EJ up to Medium GU5 0HE up to Medium GU5 0HF up to Medium GU5 0TE up to Medium GU5 9HY up to Medium GU5 9NB up to Medium GU5 0AB up to Low GU5 0AE up to Low GU5 0BN up to Low GU5 0EE up to Low GU5 0EH up to Low GU5 0HG up to Low GU5 0LH up to Low GU5 0QY up to Low GU5 0RS up to Low GU5 0RT up to Low GU5 0UB up to Low GU5 9AD up to Low GU5 9AG up to Low GU5 9AY up to Low GU5 9JG up to Low GU5 9NZ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GU5

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

Albury on the Law Brook — 1.2 km away, highest on record 0.34m
Bramley on the Cranleigh Waters — 4.1 km away, highest on record 3.99m
Shalford on the River Tillingbourne — 4.6 km away, highest on record 1.16m
Guildford on the River Wey — 6 km away, highest on record 3.88m

142 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (16 at warning level or above), most recently 6 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Autumn 2000 flooding — about 2.8 km from the centre
September 1968 flooding — about 5.4 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

GU4 GU6 GU3 GU7 GU2 GU8 GU1 GU9

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.