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Up to Medium likelihood
Properties in ME18 6HL 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% | 5 | 5 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 0 | 0 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.
ME18 6HL gets about 693 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 79 mm; driest July, 43 mm). That is 40% 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), 2.4 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 12 m above sea level and falls 16 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-west, 1.6 m higher.
Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 6 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 270 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around ME18 6HL. 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 | ~4.2 km |
| Oct 2000 | 07302C300_OCT2000_Beult | ~9.8 km |
| Oct 2000 | 07302C200_OCT2000_Medway | ~6.5 km |
| Dec 1979 | 07302C200_DEC1979_Middle Medway/Teise_Yalding | ~0.6 km |
| Sep 1968 | 07302C200_SEPT1968_Medway_Edenbridge_Yalding | ~6.3 km |
| Nov 1963 | 07302C200_NOV1963_Medway_Tonbridge | ~3.6 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, 11 warnings nearby) · Bella (2020, 10 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 6 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 3 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teston | River Medway | 3.9 km | 0.95 m | 3.90 m |
| HADLOW EMGS | — | 5.1 km | — | — |
| Hadlow | Bourne Tributary Medway | 5.2 km | 1.55 m | 2.45 m |
| Hartlake Bridge | River Medway | 6.1 km | 16.96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalding Old Works Ceo | Trib Of The River Medway | 0.8 km | 63 (2024) | 783 |
| Yalding Old Works Ceo | Trib Of The River Medway | 0.8 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
| Tatt Yalding Ceo | River Beult (trib Of Medway) | 1.3 km | 37 (2024) | 574 |
| Paddock Wood Wwtw | The Rhoden Stream | 4.3 km | 39 (2024) | 313 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
8 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~375 m (natural high ground). 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 ME18 6HL — all in the ME18 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. 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 ME18 district.