Does MK42 flood?

Yes — parts of the MK42 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 191 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The MK42 postcode district covers Kingsbrook, Wixams & Wilstead, Cauldwell, Kempston West, close to Bedford, Bromham, Blunham, and surrounding villages in parts of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire.

191 postcodes in the MK42 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 29 medium, 134 low, 13 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 MK42 postcodes are at risk?

MK42 0TA up to High MK42 0ZE up to High MK42 6EY up to High MK42 7BL up to High MK42 7BN up to High MK42 7DB up to High MK42 7FD up to High MK42 7FE up to High MK42 7GE up to High MK42 7HU up to High MK42 8AA up to High MK42 8DY up to High MK42 8SZ up to High MK42 9EE up to High MK42 9XA up to High MK42 0AB up to Medium MK42 0AT up to Medium MK42 0AX up to Medium MK42 0BE up to Medium MK42 0BH up to Medium MK42 0BJ up to Medium MK42 0BN up to Medium MK42 0BT up to Medium MK42 0BX up to Medium MK42 0DH up to Medium MK42 0DL up to Medium MK42 0JY up to Medium MK42 0TB up to Medium MK42 6AB up to Medium MK42 6AF up to Medium MK42 6AX up to Medium MK42 6AY up to Medium MK42 6BF up to Medium MK42 6DE up to Medium MK42 6DF up to Medium MK42 6DQ up to Medium MK42 7AZ up to Medium MK42 7BB up to Medium MK42 7BH up to Medium MK42 7BJ up to Medium MK42 7FB up to Medium MK42 7GB up to Medium MK42 9BA up to Medium MK42 9YS up to Medium MK42 0AE up to Low MK42 0AF up to Low MK42 0AQ up to Low MK42 0AR up to Low MK42 0AS up to Low MK42 0AU up to Low MK42 0AY up to Low MK42 0BG up to Low MK42 0BP up to Low MK42 0BS up to Low MK42 0BU up to Low MK42 0BY up to Low MK42 0BZ up to Low MK42 0DA up to Low MK42 0DB up to Low MK42 0DD up to Low MK42 0DE up to Low MK42 0DF up to Low MK42 0DS up to Low MK42 0DT up to Low MK42 0DU up to Low MK42 0DX up to Low MK42 0DY up to Low MK42 0DZ up to Low MK42 0EA up to Low MK42 0EB up to Low MK42 0ED up to Low MK42 0EH up to Low MK42 0EL up to Low MK42 0EP up to Low MK42 0ER up to Low MK42 0ET up to Low MK42 0EU up to Low MK42 0EX up to Low MK42 0HA up to Low MK42 0HB up to Low MK42 0HL up to Low MK42 0HS up to Low MK42 0HT up to Low MK42 0HX up to Low MK42 0JD up to Low MK42 0JH up to Low MK42 0JJ up to Low MK42 0JL up to Low MK42 0JP up to Low MK42 0JR up to Low MK42 0JZ up to Low MK42 0LS up to Low MK42 0LT up to Low MK42 0LU up to Low MK42 0LX up to Low MK42 0LY up to Low MK42 0RL up to Low MK42 0WA up to Low MK42 0WE up to Low MK42 0XE up to Low MK42 6AE up to Low MK42 6AG up to Low MK42 6AH up to Low MK42 6AJ up to Low MK42 6BA up to Low MK42 6BG up to Low MK42 6BJ up to Low MK42 6BL up to Low MK42 6BN up to Low MK42 6BP up to Low MK42 6BR up to Low MK42 6BS up to Low MK42 6BT up to Low MK42 6BU up to Low MK42 6BW up to Low MK42 6DG up to Low MK42 6DP up to Low MK42 6DR up to Low MK42 6DT up to Low MK42 7AA up to Low MK42 7AB up to Low MK42 7AT up to Low MK42 7AU up to Low MK42 7AX up to Low MK42 7BA up to Low MK42 7BD up to Low MK42 7BE up to Low MK42 7BG up to Low MK42 7BP up to Low MK42 7DJ up to Low MK42 8PG up to Low MK42 8QG up to Low MK42 8RX up to Low MK42 8RY up to Low MK42 8RZ up to Low MK42 8TP up to Low MK42 8WA up to Low MK42 9AB up to Low MK42 9AD up to Low MK42 9AH up to Low MK42 9AN up to Low MK42 9AP up to Low MK42 9AQ up to Low MK42 9AS up to Low MK42 9AT up to Low MK42 9AU up to Low MK42 9AW up to Low MK42 9AX up to Low MK42 9BB up to Low MK42 9BJ up to Low MK42 9BP up to Low MK42 9BT up to Low MK42 9BX up to Low MK42 9BY up to Low MK42 9DD up to Low MK42 9DN up to Low MK42 9DT up to Low MK42 9EN up to Low MK42 9EX up to Low MK42 9EY up to Low MK42 9EZ up to Low MK42 9FZ up to Low MK42 9GA up to Low MK42 9GB up to Low MK42 9GD up to Low MK42 9GE up to Low MK42 9GF up to Low MK42 9GG up to Low MK42 9GH up to Low MK42 9GL up to Low MK42 9GN up to Low MK42 9GQ up to Low MK42 9HE up to Low MK42 9HF up to Low MK42 9PX up to Low MK42 9QB up to Low MK42 9XF up to Low MK42 9YL up to Low MK42 0AL up to Very low MK42 0EJ up to Very low MK42 0ES up to Very low MK42 0HH up to Very low MK42 0HN up to Very low MK42 0HP up to Very low MK42 0HW up to Very low MK42 0JF up to Very low MK42 0NS up to Very low MK42 0NW up to Very low MK42 0PR up to Very low MK42 0WB up to Very low MK42 0WD up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near MK42

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

32 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (26 at warning level or above), most recently 6 February 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

MK41 MK43 MK40 MK44 MK45 MK46 MK19 MK18

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.