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Maidstone, Kent
Up to Medium likelihood
Properties in ME16 8RA sit in the Environment Agency's Medium flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.
| Likelihood band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 9 | 5 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 5 | 3 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 1 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.
ME16 8RA gets about 685 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 78 mm; driest July, 43 mm). That is 41% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.8 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ground here sits at about 8 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 6.6 m higher.
Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 130 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around ME16 8RA. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Mapped flood extent | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2013 | 07302C200_Dec2013_Medway_Eden_Teise_Beult | ~12.3 km |
| Oct 2000 | 07302C200_OCT2000_Medway | ~2.7 km |
| Dec 1979 | 07302C200_DEC1979_Middle Medway_Maidstone | ~0.2 km |
| Sep 1968 | 07302E200_Sept1968_Len_Bearsted | ~3.0 km |
| Sep 1968 | 07302E200_Sept1968_Medway_Maidstone_Bearsted | ~0.9 km |
| Nov 1960 | 07302E200_NOV1960_Len_Bearsted | ~3.3 km |
These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.
Dennis (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Bella (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Katie (2016, 1 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 1 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allington Marina | River Medway | 2.3 km | 0.50 m | 1.08 m |
| EAST FARLEIGH GS | — | 2.5 km | — | — |
| East Farleigh Gate Upstream | River Medway | 2.9 km | 1.71 m | 5.38 m |
| Teston | River Medway | 5.3 km | 0.95 m | 3.90 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker Road Maidstone Cso | The River Medway | 0.1 km | 1 (2024) | 0 |
| Knightrider Street Cso | The River Medway | 0.3 km | 1 (2024) | 0 |
| Lower Stone Street Maidstone Cso | The River Len | 0.3 km | 9 (2024) | 0 |
| King Street Maidstone Cso | The River Len | 0.7 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
23 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~137 m (natural high ground, wall). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.
At-risk postcodes near ME16 8RA — all in the ME16 district.
© 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the ME16 district.