Does GU8 flood?

Yes — parts of the GU8 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 36 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The GU8 postcode district covers Chiddingfold, Elstead & Peper Harow, Milford & Witley, Alfold, Dunsfold & Hascombe, close to Godalming, Tilford, Shalford, and surrounding villages in parts of Surrey and Hampshire.

36 postcodes in the GU8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 6 medium, 8 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 GU8 postcodes are at risk?

GU8 4LP up to High GU8 4PA up to High GU8 4PB up to High GU8 4SH up to High GU8 4SJ up to High GU8 4SN up to High GU8 4SY up to High GU8 4TL up to High GU8 4TY up to High GU8 4TZ up to High GU8 4UA up to High GU8 4XU up to High GU8 5AH up to High GU8 5LA up to High GU8 5LQ up to High GU8 5UW up to High GU8 6AY up to High GU8 6FE up to High GU8 6LE up to High GU8 6LG up to High GU8 6LW up to High GU8 6QL up to High GU8 4UU up to Medium GU8 6BH up to Medium GU8 6FF up to Medium GU8 6NA up to Medium GU8 6ND up to Medium GU8 6NH up to Medium GU8 4AD up to Low GU8 4SX up to Low GU8 4TX up to Low GU8 4UR up to Low GU8 6EB up to Low GU8 6HQ up to Low GU8 6LL up to Low GU8 6LQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near GU8

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

Borough Road on the River Wey — 5.9 km away, highest on record 2.17m
Godalming on the River Wey — 7 km away, highest on record 1.56m
Tilford on the River Wey — 8.2 km away, highest on record 2.09m
Bramley on the Cranleigh Waters — 9.4 km away, highest on record 3.99m

77 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (29 at warning level or above), most recently 14 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

06JanuaryNewYear2003 (2002) — about 2.1 km from the centre
CHIDDINGFOLD 1968 (1968) — about 3 km from the centre
September 1968 flooding — about 2.6 km from the centre
March 1947 flooding — about 2.7 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

GU7 GU9 GU10 GU6 GU11 GU5 GU12 GU4

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.