Does HR9 flood?

Yes — parts of the HR9 district carry real flood risk: 46 of its 91 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The HR9 postcode district covers Kerne Bridge, Llangarron, Penyard, Ross West, close to Ross On Wye, Marstow Mill, Lydbrook, and surrounding villages in parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

91 postcodes in the HR9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 46 high, 20 medium, 24 low, 1 very 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 HR9 postcodes are at risk?

HR9 5JA up to High HR9 5SB up to High HR9 5SF up to High HR9 5SG up to High HR9 5SZ up to High HR9 5TH up to High HR9 6AG up to High HR9 6AL up to High HR9 6BL up to High HR9 6DA up to High HR9 6DJ up to High HR9 6DX up to High HR9 6EH up to High HR9 6HD up to High HR9 6HE up to High HR9 6HF up to High HR9 6JD up to High HR9 6JL up to High HR9 6JN up to High HR9 6NH up to High HR9 6NQ up to High HR9 6PG up to High HR9 6RA up to High HR9 7BD up to High HR9 7BT up to High HR9 7BU up to High HR9 7BW up to High HR9 7BZ up to High HR9 7DB up to High HR9 7DE up to High HR9 7DQ up to High HR9 7EE up to High HR9 7EG up to High HR9 7JT up to High HR9 7JZ up to High HR9 7LA up to High HR9 7LB up to High HR9 7LS up to High HR9 7RR up to High HR9 7RW up to High HR9 7SH up to High HR9 7SJ up to High HR9 7SP up to High HR9 7TE up to High HR9 7TF up to High HR9 7TS up to High HR9 5AU up to Medium HR9 5QN up to Medium HR9 5QP up to Medium HR9 5QR up to Medium HR9 5QX up to Medium HR9 5QY up to Medium HR9 5SD up to Medium HR9 5TJ up to Medium HR9 5WF up to Medium HR9 6BY up to Medium HR9 6BZ up to Medium HR9 6DB up to Medium HR9 6DH up to Medium HR9 6FG up to Medium HR9 6JJ up to Medium HR9 7JN up to Medium HR9 7LT up to Medium HR9 7RP up to Medium HR9 7SB up to Medium HR9 7UW up to Medium HR9 5QS up to Low HR9 5QT up to Low HR9 5SE up to Low HR9 6AA up to Low HR9 6AH up to Low HR9 6AQ up to Low HR9 6BE up to Low HR9 6BJ up to Low HR9 6BN up to Low HR9 6BX up to Low HR9 6DD up to Low HR9 6DF up to Low HR9 6DW up to Low HR9 6HT up to Low HR9 6HZ up to Low HR9 6NY up to Low HR9 6QU up to Low HR9 6QX up to Low HR9 7AR up to Low HR9 7DH up to Low HR9 7ED up to Low HR9 7GQ up to Low HR9 7HJ up to Low HR9 7LW up to Low HR9 7AQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near HR9

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

314 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (20 at warning level or above), most recently 14 March 2026. 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

HR8 HR7 HR6 HR5 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.