Does RG6 flood?

Yes — parts of the RG6 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 68 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The RG6 postcode district covers Hawkedon, Hillside, Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates, close to Sindlesham, Shinfield, Reading, and surrounding villages in parts of Wokingham and Hampshire.

68 postcodes in the RG6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 24 medium, 34 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 RG6 postcodes are at risk?

RG6 1PQ up to High RG6 3AP up to High RG6 3BJ up to High RG6 3UA up to High RG6 3UB up to High RG6 3UD up to High RG6 3UE up to High RG6 3UF up to High RG6 7EN up to High RG6 7HE up to High RG6 3AA up to Medium RG6 3AD up to Medium RG6 3AJ up to Medium RG6 3AN up to Medium RG6 3AR up to Medium RG6 3AT up to Medium RG6 3AW up to Medium RG6 3AY up to Medium RG6 3BG up to Medium RG6 3BN up to Medium RG6 3BS up to Medium RG6 3BW up to Medium RG6 3UQ up to Medium RG6 3XA up to Medium RG6 3XB up to Medium RG6 3XD up to Medium RG6 3XE up to Medium RG6 3XF up to Medium RG6 3XG up to Medium RG6 3XN up to Medium RG6 7JE up to Medium RG6 7XH up to Medium RG6 7XN up to Medium RG6 7YA up to Medium RG6 3AB up to Low RG6 3AE up to Low RG6 3AF up to Low RG6 3AQ up to Low RG6 3AS up to Low RG6 3AX up to Low RG6 3AZ up to Low RG6 3BA up to Low RG6 3BB up to Low RG6 3BD up to Low RG6 3BH up to Low RG6 3BL up to Low RG6 3BQ up to Low RG6 3TA up to Low RG6 3TB up to Low RG6 3TD up to Low RG6 3TE up to Low RG6 3TG up to Low RG6 3TH up to Low RG6 3TQ up to Low RG6 3UG up to Low RG6 3UH up to Low RG6 3UN up to Low RG6 3UP up to Low RG6 3XJ up to Low RG6 3XL up to Low RG6 3XP up to Low RG6 3XR up to Low RG6 3XS up to Low RG6 3XW up to Low RG6 7HF up to Low RG6 7XJ up to Low RG6 7XZ up to Low RG6 7YB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near RG6

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

405 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (69 at warning level or above), most recently 28 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

RG5 RG7 RG4 RG8 RG9 RG10 RG2 RG1

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.