Does IP12 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP12 district carry real flood risk: 90 of its 153 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP12 postcode district covers Deben, Rendlesham & Orford, Melton, Woodbridge, close to Orford, Snape, Stratford St Andrew, and surrounding villages in Suffolk.

153 postcodes in the IP12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 90 high, 17 medium, 24 low, 22 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 IP12 postcodes are at risk?

IP12 1AE up to High IP12 1AN up to High IP12 1AP up to High IP12 1AX up to High IP12 1AZ up to High IP12 1BD up to High IP12 1BF up to High IP12 1BG up to High IP12 1BH up to High IP12 1BJ up to High IP12 1BL up to High IP12 1BN up to High IP12 1BP up to High IP12 1BT up to High IP12 1BW up to High IP12 1BY up to High IP12 1FL up to High IP12 1FN up to High IP12 1FP up to High IP12 1FQ up to High IP12 1FS up to High IP12 1FT up to High IP12 1FU up to High IP12 1FW up to High IP12 1LR up to High IP12 1LT up to High IP12 1NG up to High IP12 1NH up to High IP12 1NL up to High IP12 1NN up to High IP12 1NT up to High IP12 1NX up to High IP12 1PE up to High IP12 1PX up to High IP12 1QT up to High IP12 1QU up to High IP12 1RB up to High IP12 1RD up to High IP12 1RE up to High IP12 1RJ up to High IP12 1RS up to High IP12 1RT up to High IP12 1SF up to High IP12 1TB up to High IP12 2AL up to High IP12 2BT up to High IP12 2BX up to High IP12 2ER up to High IP12 2EU up to High IP12 2EY up to High IP12 2HB up to High IP12 2HD up to High IP12 2HE up to High IP12 2HF up to High IP12 2NQ up to High IP12 2NU up to High IP12 2NY up to High IP12 2PA up to High IP12 2PB up to High IP12 2QB up to High IP12 3AD up to High IP12 3AF up to High IP12 3AP up to High IP12 3AU up to High IP12 3AY up to High IP12 3BD up to High IP12 3BE up to High IP12 3DH up to High IP12 3DR up to High IP12 3JL up to High IP12 3JR up to High IP12 3JW up to High IP12 3LN up to High IP12 3LR up to High IP12 3NJ up to High IP12 3NP up to High IP12 3PZ up to High IP12 4AU up to High IP12 4BB up to High IP12 4NP up to High IP12 4PQ up to High IP12 4QZ up to High IP12 4RF up to High IP12 4RG up to High IP12 4RH up to High IP12 4RJ up to High IP12 4RQ up to High IP12 4RR up to High IP12 4RW up to High IP12 4SD up to High IP12 1BA up to Medium IP12 1BE up to Medium IP12 1FA up to Medium IP12 1HB up to Medium IP12 2AJ up to Medium IP12 2AN up to Medium IP12 2BU up to Medium IP12 2NX up to Medium IP12 3BB up to Medium IP12 3BG up to Medium IP12 3FB up to Medium IP12 3LF up to Medium IP12 3NQ up to Medium IP12 3RQ up to Medium IP12 4NR up to Medium IP12 4NY up to Medium IP12 4QN up to Medium IP12 2AS up to Low IP12 2BH up to Low IP12 2BS up to Low IP12 2ES up to Low IP12 2EX up to Low IP12 2PQ up to Low IP12 2QD up to Low IP12 3AA up to Low IP12 3AL up to Low IP12 3AN up to Low IP12 3AX up to Low IP12 3BL up to Low IP12 3EG up to Low IP12 3EJ up to Low IP12 3EN up to Low IP12 3EP up to Low IP12 3ET up to Low IP12 3NS up to Low IP12 3QA up to Low IP12 3RE up to Low IP12 3RH up to Low IP12 3RU up to Low IP12 4QY up to Low IP12 4RN up to Low IP12 1RH up to Very low IP12 1SR up to Very low IP12 2AD up to Very low IP12 2AG up to Very low IP12 2BN up to Very low IP12 2BP up to Very low IP12 2BQ up to Very low IP12 2BW up to Very low IP12 2ED up to Very low IP12 2EE up to Very low IP12 2EF up to Very low IP12 2NG up to Very low IP12 2NH up to Very low IP12 3PA up to Very low IP12 3PB up to Very low IP12 3PR up to Very low IP12 3PS up to Very low IP12 3PU up to Very low IP12 4AL up to Very low IP12 4AW up to Very low IP12 4BA up to Very low IP12 4JE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near IP12

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

Orford Ness on the Suffolk Coast — 10 km away, highest on record 3.04m
Farnham on the River Alde — 11.9 km away, highest on record 1.46m
Clopton on the River Lark — 12.2 km away, highest on record 2.63m
Brandeston on the River Deben — 14.5 km away, highest on record 2.98m

342 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 15 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

2013 Flood Outline (2013) — about 26 km from the centre
1953 Coast Flood Outline Suffolk (1953) — about 4 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

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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.