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Does OX18 2EW flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in OX18 2EW sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%154
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around OX18 2EW

The ground here sits at about 66 m above sea level and falls 4 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-west, 3.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around OX182EW, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 66 m above sea level and falls 4 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-west, 3.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of OX18 2EW, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for OX18 2EW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
OX18 2EW
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 150 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around OX18 2EW. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near OX18 2EW

150
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
23
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-04)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jan 2008 Grafton and Radcot CP_Fluvial Water ~2.2 km
Jul 2007 Bampton CP_Fluvial Water ~0.0 km
Jan 1992 06SeptemberAutumn1992 ~1.4 km
Jan 1977 06AugustSummer1977 ~1.6 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 13 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 5 warnings nearby) · Bram (2025, 2 warnings nearby) · Conall (2024, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for OX18 2EW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Bampton Shill Brook 1.7 km 1.06 m 2.17 m
Clanfield Clanfield Brook 4.2 km 1.03 m 2.15 m
Newbridge GS River Windrush 7.5 km 3.77 m 4.35 m
Witney River Windrush 8.8 km 1.40 m 2.45 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Bampton Wastewater Treatment Works Shill Brook 0.8 km 160 (2024) 1,957
Clanfield Wwtw Halfacre Brook 3.7 km 172 (2024) 3,402

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~375 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

OX18 2AA up to High OX18 2AN up to High OX18 2AT up to High OX18 2BW up to Medium OX18 2DQ up to Medium OX18 2DT up to High OX18 2DU up to High OX18 2EG up to High OX18 2EJ up to High OX18 2EP up to High OX18 2FP up to High OX18 2FR up to Low

At-risk postcodes near OX18 2EW — all in the OX18 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the OX18 district.