Does HR3 flood?

Yes — parts of the HR3 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 52 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HR3 postcode district covers Castle, Golden Valley North, Hay, close to Bredwardine, Michaelchurch-on-Arrow, Peterchurch, and surrounding villages in parts of Powys and Herefordshire.

52 postcodes in the HR3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 12 medium, 18 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 HR3 postcodes are at risk?

HR3 5BB up to High HR3 5BD up to High HR3 5HB up to High HR3 5HU up to High HR3 5RQ up to High HR3 6AB up to High HR3 6AE up to High HR3 6AR up to High HR3 6AW up to High HR3 6DN up to High HR3 6DP up to High HR3 6EE up to High HR3 6EG up to High HR3 6JD up to High HR3 6LT up to High HR3 6NH up to High HR3 6NJ up to High HR3 6NN up to High HR3 6NS up to High HR3 6NT up to High HR3 6NW up to High HR3 6PL up to High HR3 5EN up to Medium HR3 5ES up to Medium HR3 5EW up to Medium HR3 5EZ up to Medium HR3 6BE up to Medium HR3 6BT up to Medium HR3 6EA up to Medium HR3 6HP up to Medium HR3 6NP up to Medium HR3 6NR up to Medium HR3 6NZ up to Medium HR3 6PB up to Medium HR3 5AR up to Low HR3 5BE up to Low HR3 5RD up to Low HR3 5SX up to Low HR3 6AD up to Low HR3 6DH up to Low HR3 6DL up to Low HR3 6DS up to Low HR3 6DX up to Low HR3 6ED up to Low HR3 6EH up to Low HR3 6LJ up to Low HR3 6NB up to Low HR3 6PA up to Low HR3 6PF up to Low HR3 6PP up to Low HR3 6PQ up to Low HR3 6PW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near HR3

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

37 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (37 at warning level or above), most recently 9 December 2025. Counted from the warning records of the Environment Agency; the Environment Agency's record covers England only. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

HR2 HR4 HR1 HR5 HR6 HR7 HR8 HR9

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.