Does PO32 flood?

Yes — parts of the PO32 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 29 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PO32 postcode district covers East Cowes, Osborne, Fairlee & Whippingham, close to Gurnard, Newport, Tichfiled, and surrounding villages in parts of Isle of Wight and Hampshire.

29 postcodes in the PO32 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 4 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 PO32 postcodes are at risk?

PO32 6AA up to High PO32 6AB up to High PO32 6AD up to High PO32 6AE up to High PO32 6EP up to High PO32 6ET up to High PO32 6EZ up to High PO32 6JS up to High PO32 6NB up to High PO32 6QY up to High PO32 6QZ up to High PO32 6RA up to High PO32 6RB up to High PO32 6RD up to High PO32 6RF up to High PO32 6RG up to High PO32 6RL up to High PO32 6RN up to High PO32 6RU up to High PO32 6SL up to High PO32 6SP up to High PO32 6TA up to High PO32 6TS up to High PO32 6TU up to High PO32 6UB up to High PO32 6BT up to Low PO32 6GG up to Low PO32 6JX up to Low PO32 6NJ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near PO32

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

296 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 19 February 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

PO31 PO33 PO30 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.