Does N16 flood?

Only lower-likelihood flood risk is recorded in N16: none of its 2 listed postcodes goes beyond the Low band. The N16 postcode district covers Springfield, close to Stoke Newington, Walthamstow, Edmonton, and surrounding villages in parts of England and Essex.

2 postcodes in the N16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 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).

Free preview first · full report £19

Which N16 postcodes are at risk?

N16 6DD up to Very low N16 6DN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near N16

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

Lea Bridge on the River Lee — 1.1 km away, highest on record 6.52m
Edmonton, Silver Street on the Pymmes Brook — 4.5 km away, highest on record 1.45m
Walthamstow on the Ching Brook — 4.6 km away, highest on record 4.76m
Edmonton Green on the Salmon Brook — 5.7 km away, highest on record 1.19m

126 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (4 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):

EA06JanuaryWinter2024 (2024) — about 0.8 km from the centre
October 2000 flooding — about 1.1 km from the centre
December 2000 flooding — about 1.6 km from the centre
March 1947 flooding — about 1.7 km from the centre

🏠 Buying or renting in N16? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

N15 N17 N14 N18 N13 N12 N20 N11

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.