Does IP1 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP1 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 94 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP1 postcode district covers Westgate, Gipping, Alexandra, Whitton, close to Woodbridge, and surrounding villages in Suffolk.

94 postcodes in the IP1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 1 low, 91 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 IP1 postcodes are at risk?

IP1 5BN up to High IP1 6TG up to High IP1 6TE up to Low IP1 1AA up to Very low IP1 1AF up to Very low IP1 1AX up to Very low IP1 1ED up to Very low IP1 1LG up to Very low IP1 1LR up to Very low IP1 1LS up to Very low IP1 1NA up to Very low IP1 1NB up to Very low IP1 1QE up to Very low IP1 1QJ up to Very low IP1 1RJ up to Very low IP1 1RR up to Very low IP1 1RS up to Very low IP1 1RY up to Very low IP1 1SB up to Very low IP1 1TD up to Very low IP1 1TR up to Very low IP1 1TS up to Very low IP1 1UP up to Very low IP1 1UQ up to Very low IP1 1UZ up to Very low IP1 1XB up to Very low IP1 1XF up to Very low IP1 1XG up to Very low IP1 1XH up to Very low IP1 2AG up to Very low IP1 2AH up to Very low IP1 2AL up to Very low IP1 2AN up to Very low IP1 2AQ up to Very low IP1 2BE up to Very low IP1 2BG up to Very low IP1 2BN up to Very low IP1 2BP up to Very low IP1 2BQ up to Very low IP1 2BS up to Very low IP1 2BT up to Very low IP1 2BU up to Very low IP1 2BX up to Very low IP1 2DA up to Very low IP1 2DE up to Very low IP1 2DH up to Very low IP1 2DL up to Very low IP1 2DS up to Very low IP1 2DT up to Very low IP1 2DU up to Very low IP1 2DW up to Very low IP1 2DZ up to Very low IP1 2EB up to Very low IP1 2EG up to Very low IP1 2EH up to Very low IP1 2EJ up to Very low IP1 2FD up to Very low IP1 2FH up to Very low IP1 2GA up to Very low IP1 2GD up to Very low IP1 2HH up to Very low IP1 2HQ up to Very low IP1 2JU up to Very low IP1 2JX up to Very low IP1 2JY up to Very low IP1 2LB up to Very low IP1 2LD up to Very low IP1 2LE up to Very low IP1 2LF up to Very low IP1 2LH up to Very low IP1 2LJ up to Very low IP1 2LP up to Very low IP1 2LQ up to Very low IP1 2LS up to Very low IP1 2LW up to Very low IP1 2NE up to Very low IP1 2NF up to Very low IP1 2QB up to Very low IP1 2QE up to Very low IP1 2QG up to Very low IP1 2QH up to Very low IP1 4AA up to Very low IP1 4AB up to Very low IP1 4AD up to Very low IP1 4AE up to Very low IP1 4AF up to Very low IP1 4AG up to Very low IP1 4AQ up to Very low IP1 4BH up to Very low IP1 4QB up to Very low IP1 4QD up to Very low IP1 4QF up to Very low IP1 4QG up to Very low IP1 5AN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near IP1

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

317 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (23 at warning level or above), most recently 15 August 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

IP2 IP3 IP4 IP6 IP7 IP8 IP9 IP10

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.