Does IP6 flood?

Yes — parts of the IP6 district carry real flood risk: 34 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The IP6 postcode district covers Needham Market, Claydon & Barham, Carlford & Fynn Valley, Blakenham, close to Creeting St Mary, Combs Ford, Debenham, and surrounding villages in Suffolk.

67 postcodes in the IP6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 34 high, 7 medium, 23 low, 3 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 IP6 postcodes are at risk?

IP6 0AP up to High IP6 0JJ up to High IP6 0NU up to High IP6 0TF up to High IP6 8AJ up to High IP6 8DS up to High IP6 8DZ up to High IP6 8ES up to High IP6 8EZ up to High IP6 8FQ up to High IP6 8HB up to High IP6 8JF up to High IP6 8JN up to High IP6 8LG up to High IP6 8LU up to High IP6 8LX up to High IP6 8LZ up to High IP6 8NA up to High IP6 8ND up to High IP6 8NT up to High IP6 8NU up to High IP6 8NY up to High IP6 8NZ up to High IP6 8RE up to High IP6 8RR up to High IP6 8RS up to High IP6 8TE up to High IP6 9AR up to High IP6 9JD up to High IP6 9PQ up to High IP6 9PS up to High IP6 9QZ up to High IP6 9RP up to High IP6 9UA up to High IP6 8EH up to Medium IP6 8EN up to Medium IP6 8ET up to Medium IP6 8LJ up to Medium IP6 8RJ up to Medium IP6 8TF up to Medium IP6 9HG up to Medium IP6 0AG up to Low IP6 0BE up to Low IP6 0HW up to Low IP6 0NJ up to Low IP6 0NL up to Low IP6 8AL up to Low IP6 8BB up to Low IP6 8EP up to Low IP6 8EQ up to Low IP6 8FE up to Low IP6 8LL up to Low IP6 8LY up to Low IP6 8NS up to Low IP6 8RT up to Low IP6 8RW up to Low IP6 8RY up to Low IP6 9AA up to Low IP6 9AG up to Low IP6 9JL up to Low IP6 9RT up to Low IP6 9TX up to Low IP6 9UB up to Low IP6 9UD up to Low IP6 0PF up to Very low IP6 0QY up to Very low IP6 8BA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near IP6

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

169 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (24 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

IP7 IP4 IP8 IP3 IP9 IP10 IP2 IP1

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.