Does OX17 flood?

Yes — parts of the OX17 district carry real flood risk: 22 of its 39 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OX17 postcode district covers Middleton Cheney, Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Bishop's Itchington, Fenny Compton & Napton, close to Banbury, Bodicote, Cropredy, and surrounding villages in parts of Oxfordshire and West Northamptonshire.

39 postcodes in the OX17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 22 high, 4 medium, 12 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 OX17 postcodes are at risk?

OX17 1AB up to High OX17 1PE up to High OX17 1PG up to High OX17 1PQ up to High OX17 1PU up to High OX17 1PX up to High OX17 1PZ up to High OX17 3AY up to High OX17 3EF up to High OX17 3HQ up to High OX17 3JN up to High OX17 3JP up to High OX17 3JW up to High OX17 3LJ up to High OX17 3LL up to High OX17 3LW up to High OX17 3LZ up to High OX17 3NU up to High OX17 3QP up to High OX17 3RR up to High OX17 3SE up to High OX17 3SF up to High OX17 1AR up to Medium OX17 1DU up to Medium OX17 1SJ up to Medium OX17 3AS up to Medium OX17 1ET up to Low OX17 1PN up to Low OX17 1RE up to Low OX17 2JU up to Low OX17 3JR up to Low OX17 3PS up to Low OX17 3QR up to Low OX17 3QS up to Low OX17 3QT up to Low OX17 3RU up to Low OX17 3RX up to Low OX17 3SG up to Low OX17 3AA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near OX17

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 (17 at warning level or above), most recently 16 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.