Does IP21 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP21 district carry real flood risk: 26 of its 41 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP21 postcode district covers Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole, Hoxne & Worlingworth, Fressingfield, Bressingham & Burston, close to Oakley, Diss, and surrounding villages in parts of Suffolk and Norfolk.

41 postcodes in the IP21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 26 high, 5 medium, 10 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 IP21 postcodes are at risk?

IP21 1HA up to High IP21 4DH up to High IP21 4DJ up to High IP21 4JL up to High IP21 4JP up to High IP21 4JW up to High IP21 4LA up to High IP21 4QS up to High IP21 4QT up to High IP21 4RZ up to High IP21 4UL up to High IP21 4UU up to High IP21 5AL up to High IP21 5AN up to High IP21 5AR up to High IP21 5AS up to High IP21 5AY up to High IP21 5BB up to High IP21 5BP up to High IP21 5BS up to High IP21 5DG up to High IP21 5NQ up to High IP21 5PE up to High IP21 5PF up to High IP21 5SH up to High IP21 5UE up to High IP21 4NR up to Medium IP21 4UJ up to Medium IP21 4XR up to Medium IP21 5QB up to Medium IP21 5TD up to Medium IP21 4AJ up to Low IP21 4BF up to Low IP21 4DL up to Low IP21 4DP up to Low IP21 4JY up to Low IP21 4UH up to Low IP21 5AP up to Low IP21 5EF up to Low IP21 5QD up to Low IP21 5UA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near IP21

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

142 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (15 at warning level or above), most recently 16 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.