Does ME7 flood?

Yes — parts of the ME7 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 50 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ME7 postcode district covers Gillingham North, Rainham North, Watling, close to Sandling, and surrounding villages in Kent.

50 postcodes in the ME7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 6 medium, 19 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 ME7 postcodes are at risk?

ME7 1AF up to High ME7 1FJ up to High ME7 1FL up to High ME7 1FP up to High ME7 1FR up to High ME7 1FT up to High ME7 1FW up to High ME7 1FX up to High ME7 1FY up to High ME7 1GQ up to High ME7 1GS up to High ME7 1GT up to High ME7 1RJ up to High ME7 1RT up to High ME7 1RU up to High ME7 1RX up to High ME7 1TT up to High ME7 1TZ up to High ME7 1UD up to High ME7 1UF up to High ME7 2NY up to High ME7 2RS up to High ME7 2SE up to High ME7 2ST up to High ME7 2XH up to High ME7 1FA up to Medium ME7 1FZ up to Medium ME7 1RP up to Medium ME7 1UB up to Medium ME7 1UE up to Medium ME7 2RR up to Medium ME7 1FU up to Low ME7 1GA up to Low ME7 1GB up to Low ME7 1GD up to Low ME7 1GE up to Low ME7 1GJ up to Low ME7 1GL up to Low ME7 1GP up to Low ME7 1RZ up to Low ME7 2BB up to Low ME7 2LL up to Low ME7 2RL up to Low ME7 2SD up to Low ME7 2TY up to Low ME7 2UA up to Low ME7 2XP up to Low ME7 2XS up to Low ME7 2XT up to Low ME7 2YD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ME7

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

181 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

ME6 ME8 ME9 ME10 ME4 ME11 ME3 ME12

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.