Does PO38 2AP flood?

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in PO38 2AP sit in the Environment Agency's Medium 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 bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%10
Low0.1% – 1%10
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around PO38 2AP

The ground here sits at about 67 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 2.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around PO382AP, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 67 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 2.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of PO38 2AP, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for PO38 2AP

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PO38 2AP
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 253 official warnings since 2006.

D Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around PO38 2AP. 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.

Official flood warnings near PO38 2AP

253
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2011
80
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 43 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 5 warnings nearby) · Eleanor (2018, 5 warnings nearby) · Conall (2024, 4 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PO38 2AP

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Atherfield Atherfield Brook 3.3 km 1.52 m 1.52 m
BUDBRIDGE GS 5.3 km
Budbridge Eastern Yar 5.3 km 0.69 m 1.34 m
BLACKWATER GS 6.5 km

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Chale Wwtw River Medina 0.5 km 65 (2024) 959
Chale Ps Unnamed Stream 1.9 km 5 (2024) 11
Roud Wwtw Tributary Of The River Yar 2.4 km 125 (2024) 1,875
Blackgang Ps Freshwater River 3.4 km 4 (2024) 8

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

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.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near PO38 2AP — all in the PO38 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. 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 PO38 district.