Does ME13 flood?

Yes — parts of the ME13 district carry real flood risk: 50 of its 111 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ME13 postcode district covers Abbey, Boughton and Courtenay, Priory, St Ann's, close to Chartham, Swalecliffe, Canterbury, and surrounding villages in Kent.

111 postcodes in the ME13 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 50 high, 9 medium, 32 low, 20 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 ME13 postcodes are at risk?

ME13 0PY up to High ME13 0QD up to High ME13 0QU up to High ME13 0TJ up to High ME13 7AX up to High ME13 7BL up to High ME13 7BS up to High ME13 7BT up to High ME13 7BW up to High ME13 7BX up to High ME13 7BY up to High ME13 7DA up to High ME13 7DE up to High ME13 7DF up to High ME13 7DR up to High ME13 7DY up to High ME13 7DZ up to High ME13 7EB up to High ME13 7FB up to High ME13 7FG up to High ME13 7FY up to High ME13 7GQ up to High ME13 7HU up to High ME13 7JJ up to High ME13 7LD up to High ME13 7LL up to High ME13 7LN up to High ME13 7LP up to High ME13 7NF up to High ME13 7QL up to High ME13 7RT up to High ME13 7RU up to High ME13 7SJ up to High ME13 7TS up to High ME13 7TU up to High ME13 7TX up to High ME13 7TY up to High ME13 7UA up to High ME13 7UT up to High ME13 8HD up to High ME13 8HX up to High ME13 9AA up to High ME13 9AJ up to High ME13 9BH up to High ME13 9DP up to High ME13 9EH up to High ME13 9ER up to High ME13 9EU up to High ME13 9NB up to High ME13 9ND up to High ME13 7AT up to Medium ME13 7AU up to Medium ME13 7DH up to Medium ME13 7JL up to Medium ME13 7NX up to Medium ME13 7RY up to Medium ME13 7SA up to Medium ME13 7TP up to Medium ME13 8HN up to Medium ME13 0QA up to Low ME13 0QR up to Low ME13 7BE up to Low ME13 7BH up to Low ME13 7BU up to Low ME13 7BZ up to Low ME13 7DL up to Low ME13 7FD up to Low ME13 7FE up to Low ME13 7JP up to Low ME13 7JQ up to Low ME13 7LA up to Low ME13 7LT up to Low ME13 7RX up to Low ME13 7RZ up to Low ME13 7SB up to Low ME13 7SP up to Low ME13 7TJ up to Low ME13 7TW up to Low ME13 7US up to Low ME13 7UX up to Low ME13 7UY up to Low ME13 7XJ up to Low ME13 7XL up to Low ME13 8AP up to Low ME13 8HB up to Low ME13 8HH up to Low ME13 8HL up to Low ME13 8HS up to Low ME13 9BJ up to Low ME13 9NA up to Low ME13 9NF up to Low ME13 0TE up to Very low ME13 0TG up to Very low ME13 0TH up to Very low ME13 0TL up to Very low ME13 0TN up to Very low ME13 9BU up to Very low ME13 9BY up to Very low ME13 9BZ up to Very low ME13 9DL up to Very low ME13 9DR up to Very low ME13 9DW up to Very low ME13 9DY up to Very low ME13 9ED up to Very low ME13 9EE up to Very low ME13 9EJ up to Very low ME13 9EQ up to Very low ME13 9HZ up to Very low ME13 9JA up to Very low ME13 9JD up to Very low ME13 9JH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near ME13

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

119 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (3 at warning level or above), most recently 3 March 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

ME12 ME14 ME11 ME15 ME10 ME16 ME17 ME9

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.