Does NR21 flood?

Yes — parts of the NR21 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 48 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The NR21 postcode district covers Bircham with Rudhams, Walsingham, Lancaster South, Stibbard, close to South Creake, Fakenham, Little Walsingham, and surrounding villages in Norfolk.

48 postcodes in the NR21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 5 medium, 26 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 NR21 postcodes are at risk?

NR21 0DN up to High NR21 0DX up to High NR21 0HE up to High NR21 0LE up to High NR21 0LF up to High NR21 7LA up to High NR21 8HB up to High NR21 9EP up to High NR21 9GN up to High NR21 9JB up to High NR21 9JG up to High NR21 9JQ up to High NR21 9PA up to High NR21 9PG up to High NR21 9PQ up to High NR21 9PR up to High NR21 9QQ up to High NR21 0FG up to Medium NR21 0LL up to Medium NR21 9PD up to Medium NR21 9PE up to Medium NR21 9PP up to Medium NR21 0LQ up to Low NR21 0LW up to Low NR21 7NA up to Low NR21 7NY up to Low NR21 8AF up to Low NR21 9AB up to Low NR21 9AD up to Low NR21 9AY up to Low NR21 9BW up to Low NR21 9DS up to Low NR21 9DX up to Low NR21 9JE up to Low NR21 9JN up to Low NR21 9JP up to Low NR21 9JW up to Low NR21 9LG up to Low NR21 9LN up to Low NR21 9LQ up to Low NR21 9LX up to Low NR21 9NE up to Low NR21 9PF up to Low NR21 9QD up to Low NR21 9QE up to Low NR21 9QF up to Low NR21 9QG up to Low NR21 9TA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near NR21

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

109 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (30 at warning level or above), most recently 3 April 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

NR20 NR22 NR19 NR23 NR18 NR24 NR17 NR25

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.