Does ME19 6BF flood?

East Malling, Kent

Up to High likelihood

Properties in ME19 6BF sit in the Environment Agency's High 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 bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%1111
Medium1% – 3.3%11
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

How much rain falls on ME19 6BF

ME19 6BF gets about 708 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 81 mm; driest July, 43 mm). That is 39% 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), 2.1 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 around ME19 6BF

The ground here sits at about 39 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 1.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around ME196BF, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 39 m above sea level and falls 31 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 1.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of ME19 6BF, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for ME19 6BF

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
ME19 6BF
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 2 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 183 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood outline within ~1 km: Yes ⚑ Flood defence mapped within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around ME19 6BF. 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.

Official flood warnings near ME19 6BF

183
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2014
30
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-03)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood outlines near this postcode

DateMapped flood extentApprox. distance
Dec 2013 07302C200_Dec2013_Medway_Eden_Teise_Beult ~11.2 km
Oct 2000 07302C200_OCT2000_Medway ~4.2 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.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Dennis (2020, 6 warnings nearby) · Bella (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · Katie (2016, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for ME19 6BF

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Teston River Medway 4.2 km 0.95 m 3.90 m
East Farleigh Gate Upstream River Medway 5.2 km 1.71 m 5.38 m
EAST FARLEIGH GS 5.2 km
Allington Marina River Medway 5.5 km 0.50 m 1.08 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Ditton Wwtw The River Medway 2.8 km 0 (2024) 0
Hall Road Aylesford Cso The Medway Estuary (tidal) 3.4 km 0 (2024) 0
South Street East Barming Ceo The River Medway 4.1 km 2 (2024) 3
Ham Hill Wwtw The River Medway Estuary 4.5 km 22 (2024) 189

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

17 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~6 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

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.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near ME19 6BF — all in the ME19 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 ME19 district.