Does ME3 flood?

Yes — parts of the ME3 district carry real flood risk: 23 of its 104 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ME3 postcode district covers Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow, All Saints, Strood Rural, Higham & Shorne, close to Sheerness, Southend, and surrounding villages in parts of Kent and Essex.

104 postcodes in the ME3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 23 high, 9 medium, 26 low, 46 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 ME3 postcodes are at risk?

ME3 0BG up to High ME3 0EP up to High ME3 7SZ up to High ME3 8AD up to High ME3 8QQ up to High ME3 9AA up to High ME3 9AP up to High ME3 9AZ up to High ME3 9EY up to High ME3 9GR up to High ME3 9GS up to High ME3 9GX up to High ME3 9LB up to High ME3 9LQ up to High ME3 9LR up to High ME3 9LS up to High ME3 9PL up to High ME3 9QD up to High ME3 9RN up to High ME3 9SY up to High ME3 9TF up to High ME3 9TH up to High ME3 9TW up to High ME3 0AR up to Medium ME3 7SU up to Medium ME3 9AR up to Medium ME3 9HD up to Medium ME3 9HG up to Medium ME3 9NS up to Medium ME3 9RD up to Medium ME3 9RE up to Medium ME3 9TQ up to Medium ME3 0AB up to Low ME3 8BP up to Low ME3 9AH up to Low ME3 9AL up to Low ME3 9AS up to Low ME3 9AW up to Low ME3 9BA up to Low ME3 9EH up to Low ME3 9GA up to Low ME3 9HJ up to Low ME3 9HL up to Low ME3 9HS up to Low ME3 9LJ up to Low ME3 9ND up to Low ME3 9NJ up to Low ME3 9NL up to Low ME3 9NZ up to Low ME3 9RA up to Low ME3 9RF up to Low ME3 9RG up to Low ME3 9RL up to Low ME3 9RR up to Low ME3 9RW up to Low ME3 9SE up to Low ME3 9TG up to Low ME3 9TX up to Low ME3 0AE up to Very low ME3 0AG up to Very low ME3 0AJ up to Very low ME3 0AL up to Very low ME3 0AW up to Very low ME3 0DX up to Very low ME3 0HA up to Very low ME3 7DW up to Very low ME3 7HL up to Very low ME3 7HX up to Very low ME3 7HY up to Very low ME3 7JQ up to Very low ME3 7LH up to Very low ME3 7LJ up to Very low ME3 7LP up to Very low ME3 7LR up to Very low ME3 7LS up to Very low ME3 7LT up to Very low ME3 7RT up to Very low ME3 7SD up to Very low ME3 7ST up to Very low ME3 7SX up to Very low ME3 7TG up to Very low ME3 7UA up to Very low ME3 7UD up to Very low ME3 7UE up to Very low ME3 7UH up to Very low ME3 7UJ up to Very low ME3 7UT up to Very low ME3 8DF up to Very low ME3 8DP up to Very low ME3 8DR up to Very low ME3 8DS up to Very low ME3 8DT up to Very low ME3 8SE up to Very low ME3 8SR up to Very low ME3 9LG up to Very low ME3 9NQ up to Very low ME3 9QA up to Very low ME3 9QS up to Very low ME3 9QZ up to Very low ME3 9RB up to Very low ME3 9RY up to Very low ME3 9SU up to Very low ME3 9TA up to Very low ME3 9YD up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near ME3

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

183 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (9 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

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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.