Does IP17 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP17 district carry real flood risk: 68 of its 146 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP17 postcode district covers Aldeburgh & Leiston, Kelsale & Yoxford, Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton, Saxmundham, close to Stratford St Andrew, Snape, Brabling Green, and surrounding villages in Suffolk.

146 postcodes in the IP17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 68 high, 30 medium, 42 low, 6 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 IP17 postcodes are at risk?

IP17 1AA up to High IP17 1AB up to High IP17 1AL up to High IP17 1AP up to High IP17 1AS up to High IP17 1DY up to High IP17 1EP up to High IP17 1ER up to High IP17 1FB up to High IP17 1GJ up to High IP17 1JZ up to High IP17 1LU up to High IP17 1NF up to High IP17 1NG up to High IP17 1NP up to High IP17 1NS up to High IP17 1NX up to High IP17 1PD up to High IP17 1PE up to High IP17 1PP up to High IP17 1PR up to High IP17 1PU up to High IP17 1PW up to High IP17 1PY up to High IP17 1RE up to High IP17 1RQ up to High IP17 1RR up to High IP17 1SA up to High IP17 1SE up to High IP17 1SF up to High IP17 1SG up to High IP17 1SH up to High IP17 1SJ up to High IP17 1SL up to High IP17 1SN up to High IP17 1SP up to High IP17 1SR up to High IP17 1SS up to High IP17 1ST up to High IP17 1SW up to High IP17 1UZ up to High IP17 2AD up to High IP17 2AF up to High IP17 2AH up to High IP17 2AZ up to High IP17 2BQ up to High IP17 2DT up to High IP17 2JH up to High IP17 2JJ up to High IP17 2JN up to High IP17 2LR up to High IP17 2NN up to High IP17 2NX up to High IP17 2NY up to High IP17 2NZ up to High IP17 2PB up to High IP17 2PD up to High IP17 2QA up to High IP17 3BU up to High IP17 3BY up to High IP17 3DU up to High IP17 3ET up to High IP17 3EU up to High IP17 3EX up to High IP17 3HT up to High IP17 3LD up to High IP17 3LT up to High IP17 3RB up to High IP17 1AJ up to Medium IP17 1AT up to Medium IP17 1DD up to Medium IP17 1LE up to Medium IP17 1NW up to Medium IP17 1TW up to Medium IP17 1UF up to Medium IP17 1UG up to Medium IP17 1UY up to Medium IP17 2BU up to Medium IP17 2DL up to Medium IP17 2DN up to Medium IP17 2HN up to Medium IP17 2HU up to Medium IP17 2JB up to Medium IP17 2JD up to Medium IP17 2JE up to Medium IP17 2LG up to Medium IP17 2NU up to Medium IP17 2PA up to Medium IP17 2PE up to Medium IP17 2QU up to Medium IP17 2RT up to Medium IP17 3AN up to Medium IP17 3DZ up to Medium IP17 3EA up to Medium IP17 3EJ up to Medium IP17 3NG up to Medium IP17 3NR up to Medium IP17 3RD up to Medium IP17 1AY up to Low IP17 1DU up to Low IP17 1FH up to Low IP17 1HN up to Low IP17 1JQ up to Low IP17 1LX up to Low IP17 1PG up to Low IP17 1PJ up to Low IP17 1PX up to Low IP17 1RJ up to Low IP17 1RS up to Low IP17 1TT up to Low IP17 1UE up to Low IP17 1UQ up to Low IP17 1UR up to Low IP17 1UT up to Low IP17 2BB up to Low IP17 2DH up to Low IP17 2DZ up to Low IP17 2EB up to Low IP17 2EF up to Low IP17 2HP up to Low IP17 2HZ up to Low IP17 2LU up to Low IP17 2RE up to Low IP17 2RU up to Low IP17 3BP up to Low IP17 3DE up to Low IP17 3DT up to Low IP17 3EF up to Low IP17 3EN up to Low IP17 3EP up to Low IP17 3HP up to Low IP17 3JJ up to Low IP17 3LA up to Low IP17 3LF up to Low IP17 3LR up to Low IP17 3LU up to Low IP17 3NH up to Low IP17 3NN up to Low IP17 3PD up to Low IP17 3QX up to Low IP17 1QY up to Very low IP17 1QZ up to Very low IP17 1TA up to Very low IP17 3BZ up to Very low IP17 3NS up to Very low IP17 3NT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near IP17

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

98 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (21 at warning level or above), most recently 15 February 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

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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.