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Does PO38 flood?

Yes — parts of the PO38 district carry real flood risk: 11 of its 25 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PO38 postcode district covers Chale, Niton & Shorwell, Wroxall, Lowtherville & Bonchurch, Central Rural, Ventnor & St Lawrence, close to Budbridge, Atherfield, Alverstone, and surrounding villages in Isle of Wight.

25 postcodes in the PO38 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 11 high, 6 medium, 8 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 PO38 postcodes are at risk?

PO38 1JR up to High PO38 2JH up to High PO38 2JS up to High PO38 2NZ up to High PO38 2PR up to High PO38 2QA up to High PO38 2QG up to High PO38 2QQ up to High PO38 3BZ up to High PO38 3EJ up to High PO38 3PH up to High PO38 2AP up to Medium PO38 2AW up to Medium PO38 2QF up to Medium PO38 2QT up to Medium PO38 3BG up to Medium PO38 3BP up to Medium PO38 2AL up to Low PO38 2LH up to Low PO38 2PZ up to Low PO38 2QE up to Low PO38 3AJ up to Low PO38 3DJ up to Low PO38 3EN up to Low PO38 3LX up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near PO38

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

363 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (80 at warning level or above), most recently 26 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

🏠 Buying or renting in PO38? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

PO37 PO36 PO40 PO35 PO41 PO34 PO33 PO32

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.