Does OX5 flood?

Yes — parts of the OX5 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 53 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OX5 postcode district covers Kidlington West, Launton and Otmoor, Kidlington East, Fringford and Heyfords, close to Thrupp, islip, Shipton-On-Cherwell, and surrounding villages in Oxfordshire.

53 postcodes in the OX5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 8 medium, 23 low, 7 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 OX5 postcodes are at risk?

OX5 1JL up to High OX5 1JT up to High OX5 1PH up to High OX5 1PY up to High OX5 1RP up to High OX5 1RR up to High OX5 1SS up to High OX5 2PW up to High OX5 2RD up to High OX5 2RE up to High OX5 2UP up to High OX5 2UQ up to High OX5 2UX up to High OX5 3AX up to High OX5 3JA up to High OX5 1HB up to Medium OX5 1HJ up to Medium OX5 1JZ up to Medium OX5 1QB up to Medium OX5 2JJ up to Medium OX5 3AY up to Medium OX5 3AZ up to Medium OX5 3HW up to Medium OX5 1AG up to Low OX5 1AZ up to Low OX5 1BA up to Low OX5 1BB up to Low OX5 1ET up to Low OX5 1HT up to Low OX5 1HZ up to Low OX5 1LD up to Low OX5 1RZ up to Low OX5 1SN up to Low OX5 1SP up to Low OX5 1ST up to Low OX5 1SU up to Low OX5 1TL up to Low OX5 2BB up to Low OX5 2EG up to Low OX5 2PX up to Low OX5 2RA up to Low OX5 2RH up to Low OX5 2SZ up to Low OX5 2UW up to Low OX5 2XJ up to Low OX5 3FQ up to Low OX5 2EE up to Very low OX5 2EF up to Very low OX5 2ER up to Very low OX5 2HX up to Very low OX5 2JN up to Very low OX5 2JW up to Very low OX5 2NA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near OX5

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

Thrupp on the River Cherwell — 2.1 km away, highest on record 3.40m
Islip on the River Ray — 2.4 km away, highest on record 9.33m
Wendlebury on the Wendlebury Brook — 7.8 km away, highest on record 1.97m
Minns Estate on the Seacourt Stream — 8.6 km away, highest on record 3.12m

283 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (64 at warning level or above), most recently 6 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Winter 2013/2014 (2013) — about 16.5 km from the centre
Islip CP_Fluival Water (2008) — about 2.3 km from the centre
Islip CP_Fluvial Water (2008) — about 2.9 km from the centre
Kidlington CP_Fluvial Water (2008) — about 0.2 km from the centre

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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.