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Houghton, Cambridgeshire
Up to Low likelihood
Properties in PE28 2BW sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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 band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 8 | 8 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.
The ground here sits at about 8 m above sea level and falls 19 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south, 0.7 m higher.
Because properties in the low likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 103 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around PE28 2BW. 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.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Recorded flood | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1998 | LNA_1998_April_River Nene_d/s Northampton | ~32.4 km |
| Jan 1998 | Easter 1998 | ~1.1 km |
| Jan 1947 | March 1947 | ~1.2 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.
2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 5 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 5 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 5 warnings nearby) · Conall (2024, 3 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houghton | River Great Ouse | 0.4 km | 0.45 m | 0.96 m |
| Hemingford | River Great Ouse | 1.6 km | 0.32 m | 1.21 m |
| St Ives | River Great Ouse | 3.5 km | 0.36 m | 1.52 m |
| Godmanchester | River Great Ouse | 4.3 km | 0.49 m | 1.29 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyton (ex-raf) Water Recycling Cntr | River Great Ouse & Tributary | 1.2 km | 55 (2024) | 590 |
| Huntingdon Godmanchester Wrc | Bedford Ouse Nt | 1.8 km | 66 (2024) | 1,343 |
| Huntingdon Sapley Rd Combined Sewage Overflow | River Great Ouse | 2.7 km | 5 (2024) | 63 |
| St Ives The Waits Pumping Station | River Ouse | 2.9 km | 27 (2024) | 379 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
36 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~193 m (natural high ground, embankment, demountable defence, wall). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
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.
At-risk postcodes near PE28 2BW — all in the PE28 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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 PE28 district.