Does IP33 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP33 district carry real flood risk: 32 of its 64 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP33 postcode district covers Westgate, Abbeygate, Tollgate, Southgate, close to Fornham St Martin, Sicklesmere, Cockfield, and surrounding villages in Suffolk.

64 postcodes in the IP33 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 32 high, 5 medium, 27 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 IP33 postcodes are at risk?

IP33 1QQ up to High IP33 1QT up to High IP33 2BS up to High IP33 2DE up to High IP33 2DF up to High IP33 2DR up to High IP33 2DT up to High IP33 2FD up to High IP33 2FH up to High IP33 2HA up to High IP33 2JA up to High IP33 2JG up to High IP33 2JX up to High IP33 2LB up to High IP33 2LE up to High IP33 2LG up to High IP33 2LP up to High IP33 2LR up to High IP33 2LS up to High IP33 2LT up to High IP33 2RN up to High IP33 2RR up to High IP33 2RS up to High IP33 2SD up to High IP33 2SN up to High IP33 2UB up to High IP33 3FW up to High IP33 3FZ up to High IP33 3LB up to High IP33 3LG up to High IP33 3XW up to High IP33 3ZD up to High IP33 2BA up to Medium IP33 2DY up to Medium IP33 3GD up to Medium IP33 3GZ up to Medium IP33 3UL up to Medium IP33 1AF up to Low IP33 1AZ up to Low IP33 1GZ up to Low IP33 1JD up to Low IP33 1JF up to Low IP33 1JQ up to Low IP33 1JZ up to Low IP33 1RS up to Low IP33 1XU up to Low IP33 1XX up to Low IP33 2AB up to Low IP33 2AE up to Low IP33 2AU up to Low IP33 2AX up to Low IP33 2AZ up to Low IP33 2ED up to Low IP33 2ND up to Low IP33 2SA up to Low IP33 2SB up to Low IP33 2SE up to Low IP33 2UA up to Low IP33 3GE up to Low IP33 3GF up to Low IP33 3NU up to Low IP33 3NY up to Low IP33 3UH up to Low IP33 3UJ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near IP33

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

4 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, most recently 29 February 2024. 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

IP32 IP31 IP30 IP29 IP28 IP27 IP26 IP25

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.