Does PO21 flood?

Yes — parts of the PO21 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 156 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PO21 postcode district covers Marine, Pagham, Aldwick East, Hotham, close to Aldingbourne, Barnham, Chichester, and surrounding villages in West Sussex.

156 postcodes in the PO21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 3 medium, 43 low, 96 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 PO21 postcodes are at risk?

PO21 1HP up to High PO21 1JH up to High PO21 1JL up to High PO21 1JP up to High PO21 1RD up to High PO21 1SY up to High PO21 1TR up to High PO21 1TS up to High PO21 1TX up to High PO21 1XB up to High PO21 1XX up to High PO21 2LL up to High PO21 4AJ up to High PO21 4AL up to High PO21 1HW up to Medium PO21 1JJ up to Medium PO21 5EF up to Medium PO21 1BJ up to Low PO21 1BL up to Low PO21 1GF up to Low PO21 1JN up to Low PO21 1JW up to Low PO21 1LH up to Low PO21 1LW up to Low PO21 1LY up to Low PO21 1NA up to Low PO21 1NE up to Low PO21 1NF up to Low PO21 1NS up to Low PO21 1NT up to Low PO21 1NY up to Low PO21 1RR up to Low PO21 1TA up to Low PO21 1XR up to Low PO21 2LG up to Low PO21 2LN up to Low PO21 2LP up to Low PO21 2LT up to Low PO21 3AG up to Low PO21 3AH up to Low PO21 3AQ up to Low PO21 3FG up to Low PO21 4AA up to Low PO21 4AH up to Low PO21 4AN up to Low PO21 4AS up to Low PO21 4NR up to Low PO21 4NS up to Low PO21 4NT up to Low PO21 4NU up to Low PO21 4NX up to Low PO21 4ST up to Low PO21 4SU up to Low PO21 4SY up to Low PO21 4SZ up to Low PO21 4TB up to Low PO21 4TD up to Low PO21 4TF up to Low PO21 4TH up to Low PO21 4UU up to Low PO21 1AH up to Very low PO21 1DY up to Very low PO21 1EA up to Very low PO21 1EB up to Very low PO21 1FE up to Very low PO21 1FP up to Very low PO21 1GH up to Very low PO21 1GJ up to Very low PO21 1HH up to Very low PO21 1HR up to Very low PO21 1HX up to Very low PO21 1JA up to Very low PO21 1LE up to Very low PO21 1LX up to Very low PO21 1LZ up to Very low PO21 1NB up to Very low PO21 1ND up to Very low PO21 1NP up to Very low PO21 1NU up to Very low PO21 1NX up to Very low PO21 1PJ up to Very low PO21 1RJ up to Very low PO21 1RS up to Very low PO21 1RW up to Very low PO21 1RX up to Very low PO21 1SB up to Very low PO21 1SP up to Very low PO21 1SU up to Very low PO21 1TB up to Very low PO21 1TD up to Very low PO21 1TE up to Very low PO21 1TP up to Very low PO21 1UA up to Very low PO21 1UB up to Very low PO21 1UD up to Very low PO21 1UE up to Very low PO21 1UH up to Very low PO21 1UQ up to Very low PO21 1XA up to Very low PO21 1XD up to Very low PO21 1XE up to Very low PO21 2DJ up to Very low PO21 2JB up to Very low PO21 2JD up to Very low PO21 2JJ up to Very low PO21 2LE up to Very low PO21 2LF up to Very low PO21 2LJ up to Very low PO21 2LU up to Very low PO21 2NB up to Very low PO21 2ND up to Very low PO21 2NH up to Very low PO21 2NP up to Very low PO21 2PN up to Very low PO21 2PX up to Very low PO21 2PY up to Very low PO21 2PZ up to Very low PO21 2QA up to Very low PO21 2QB up to Very low PO21 2QF up to Very low PO21 2QH up to Very low PO21 2QN up to Very low PO21 2QQ up to Very low PO21 2QR up to Very low PO21 2QS up to Very low PO21 2QT up to Very low PO21 2QY up to Very low PO21 2RD up to Very low PO21 2RF up to Very low PO21 2RH up to Very low PO21 2RJ up to Very low PO21 3DG up to Very low PO21 3DH up to Very low PO21 3DQ up to Very low PO21 3FA up to Very low PO21 3FB up to Very low PO21 3FD up to Very low PO21 3ND up to Very low PO21 3PT up to Very low PO21 3PX up to Very low PO21 3SG up to Very low PO21 4AD up to Very low PO21 4AW up to Very low PO21 4NP up to Very low PO21 4SP up to Very low PO21 4SR up to Very low PO21 4SS up to Very low PO21 4SX up to Very low PO21 4TA up to Very low PO21 4TJ up to Very low PO21 4TQ up to Very low PO21 4TX up to Very low PO21 4UL up to Very low PO21 4UN up to Very low PO21 4UX up to Very low PO21 4XX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PO21

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

325 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (34 at warning level or above), most recently 26 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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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.