Does IP26 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP26 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 42 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP26 postcode district covers Feltwell, Methwold, Bedingfeld, close to Lakenheath, Stoke Ferry, and surrounding villages in Norfolk.

42 postcodes in the IP26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 6 medium, 22 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 IP26 postcodes are at risk?

IP26 4AD up to High IP26 4BJ up to High IP26 4BL up to High IP26 4BP up to High IP26 4BU up to High IP26 4BY up to High IP26 4JQ up to High IP26 4RQ up to High IP26 5HJ up to High IP26 5HN up to High IP26 5HR up to High IP26 5LS up to High IP26 5NL up to High IP26 5NQ up to High IP26 4EN up to Medium IP26 4ER up to Medium IP26 4JR up to Medium IP26 4ND up to Medium IP26 5JH up to Medium IP26 5JJ up to Medium IP26 4EH up to Low IP26 4EJ up to Low IP26 4EL up to Low IP26 4EP up to Low IP26 4ET up to Low IP26 4EW up to Low IP26 4JJ up to Low IP26 4JL up to Low IP26 4JP up to Low IP26 4JU up to Low IP26 4JW up to Low IP26 4LN up to Low IP26 4NE up to Low IP26 4NF up to Low IP26 4QF up to Low IP26 4QT up to Low IP26 4QU up to Low IP26 4QX up to Low IP26 4QY up to Low IP26 5EX up to Low IP26 5HY up to Low IP26 5JY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near IP26

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

26 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (4 at warning level or above), most recently 25 February 2025. 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

IP25 IP27 IP24 IP28 IP23 IP29 IP22 IP30

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.