Does PO31 flood?

Yes — parts of the PO31 district carry real flood risk: 47 of its 56 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PO31 postcode district covers Cowes North, Cowes Medina, Cowes West & Gurnard, Cowes South & Northwood, close to East Cowes, Gurnard, Newport, and surrounding villages in parts of Isle of Wight and Hampshire.

56 postcodes in the PO31 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 47 high, 3 medium, 5 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 PO31 postcodes are at risk?

PO31 7AJ up to High PO31 7AN up to High PO31 7AR up to High PO31 7AS up to High PO31 7AT up to High PO31 7AW up to High PO31 7AX up to High PO31 7AY up to High PO31 7BD up to High PO31 7BQ up to High PO31 7BU up to High PO31 7BX up to High PO31 7DA up to High PO31 7DD up to High PO31 7DF up to High PO31 7DU up to High PO31 7DW up to High PO31 7HT up to High PO31 7LP up to High PO31 7NU up to High PO31 7PG up to High PO31 7PQ up to High PO31 7QJ up to High PO31 7QS up to High PO31 7QT up to High PO31 7RR up to High PO31 7RS up to High PO31 7RT up to High PO31 7RX up to High PO31 7RY up to High PO31 7RZ up to High PO31 7SA up to High PO31 7TA up to High PO31 7TD up to High PO31 7TX up to High PO31 7UL up to High PO31 7XB up to High PO31 7XF up to High PO31 7XJ up to High PO31 8AU up to High PO31 8BP up to High PO31 8BS up to High PO31 8HX up to High PO31 8JQ up to High PO31 8LD up to High PO31 8LE up to High PO31 8LL up to High PO31 7BH up to Medium PO31 7SU up to Medium PO31 8BZ up to Medium PO31 7BE up to Low PO31 7DJ up to Low PO31 7PB up to Low PO31 7RJ up to Low PO31 8BW up to Low PO31 7QH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PO31

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

294 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (75 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 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

PO30 PO32 PO33 PO34 PO35 PO36 PO37 PO38

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.