Does MK45 flood?

Yes — parts of the MK45 district carry real flood risk: 18 of its 65 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The MK45 postcode district covers Ampthill, Houghton Conquest & Haynes, Wixams & Wilstead, Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield, close to Shefford, Bedford, Bromham, and surrounding villages in parts of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford.

65 postcodes in the MK45 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 18 high, 24 medium, 22 low, 1 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 MK45 postcodes are at risk?

MK45 2DA up to High MK45 2DB up to High MK45 2DD up to High MK45 2DF up to High MK45 2DG up to High MK45 2ND up to High MK45 3FT up to High MK45 3FU up to High MK45 3HP up to High MK45 3JJ up to High MK45 3JP up to High MK45 3NU up to High MK45 3QP up to High MK45 3RE up to High MK45 4BA up to High MK45 4JE up to High MK45 4SJ up to High MK45 4TD up to High MK45 1AD up to Medium MK45 2AX up to Medium MK45 2FH up to Medium MK45 3FP up to Medium MK45 3FQ up to Medium MK45 3FR up to Medium MK45 3FS up to Medium MK45 3HR up to Medium MK45 3JE up to Medium MK45 3JG up to Medium MK45 3NJ up to Medium MK45 3NS up to Medium MK45 3NT up to Medium MK45 3NY up to Medium MK45 3QQ up to Medium MK45 3RJ up to Medium MK45 4AA up to Medium MK45 4HJ up to Medium MK45 4QS up to Medium MK45 4QU up to Medium MK45 4SL up to Medium MK45 5BN up to Medium MK45 5LA up to Medium MK45 5NA up to Medium MK45 1JF up to Low MK45 1LL up to Low MK45 2BD up to Low MK45 2BE up to Low MK45 2BG up to Low MK45 2DE up to Low MK45 2GP up to Low MK45 3AB up to Low MK45 3AG up to Low MK45 3GE up to Low MK45 3HU up to Low MK45 3PD up to Low MK45 3RG up to Low MK45 4AR up to Low MK45 4BS up to Low MK45 4FE up to Low MK45 4HD up to Low MK45 4HT up to Low MK45 4JR up to Low MK45 4SB up to Low MK45 4SF up to Low MK45 5EJ up to Low MK45 5AA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near MK45

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

7 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (7 at warning level or above), most recently 27 September 2024. 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

MK44 MK46 MK43 MK42 MK41 MK40 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.