Does HR7 flood?

Yes — parts of the HR7 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 14 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HR7 postcode district covers Three Crosses, Hampton, close to Bromyard, Bishops Frome, Knightwick, and surrounding villages in parts of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

14 postcodes in the HR7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 3 medium, 6 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 HR7 postcodes are at risk?

HR7 4DB up to High HR7 4HJ up to High HR7 4LS up to High HR7 4NG up to High HR7 4NT up to High HR7 4JB up to Medium HR7 4LB up to Medium HR7 4QQ up to Medium HR7 4DH up to Low HR7 4DL up to Low HR7 4HP up to Low HR7 4HS up to Low HR7 4PP up to Low HR7 4QT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near HR7

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

Bromyard on the River Frome (Wye) — 1 km away, highest on record 3.24m
Bishops Frome on the River Frome (Wye) — 5.9 km away, highest on record 2.08m
Knightsford Bridge on the River Teme — 8.6 km away, highest on record 6.42m
Bosbury on the River Leadon — 12 km away, highest on record 1.96m

316 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (35 at warning level or above), most recently 13 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

July 2007 flood on the FROME (2007) — about 0.7 km from the centre
Bromyard to Paunton Mill April (1947) — about 2.1 km from the centre
North of Bromyard April 1947 (1947) — about 1 km from the centre
Bredenbury April 1947 01 (1947) — about 2.3 km from the centre

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

HR6 HR8 HR5 HR9 HR4 HR3 HR2 HR1

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.