Does RG8 flood?

Yes — parts of the RG8 district carry real flood risk: 63 of its 122 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The RG8 postcode district covers Goring, Pangbourne, Tilehurst & Purley, Kidmore End & Whitchurch, close to Tidmarsh, Streatley, Mapledurham, and surrounding villages in parts of West Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

122 postcodes in the RG8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 63 high, 23 medium, 36 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 RG8 postcodes are at risk?

RG8 0HS up to High RG8 0JL up to High RG8 0JS up to High RG8 0JY up to High RG8 7BT up to High RG8 7BU up to High RG8 7BY up to High RG8 7DA up to High RG8 7DB up to High RG8 7DF up to High RG8 7DG up to High RG8 7DH up to High RG8 7DJ up to High RG8 7DL up to High RG8 7DN up to High RG8 7DP up to High RG8 7DS up to High RG8 7DU up to High RG8 7DW up to High RG8 7EJ up to High RG8 7EL up to High RG8 7EP up to High RG8 7HT up to High RG8 7QT up to High RG8 7RA up to High RG8 7RB up to High RG8 7TB up to High RG8 8AQ up to High RG8 8BD up to High RG8 8BE up to High RG8 8BG up to High RG8 8BH up to High RG8 8BJ up to High RG8 8BL up to High RG8 8BS up to High RG8 8BU up to High RG8 8BX up to High RG8 8DL up to High RG8 8DT up to High RG8 8DX up to High RG8 8EB up to High RG8 8TE up to High RG8 9AB up to High RG8 9AD up to High RG8 9AE up to High RG8 9AH up to High RG8 9BJ up to High RG8 9BT up to High RG8 9DB up to High RG8 9DX up to High RG8 9DY up to High RG8 9EG up to High RG8 9EN up to High RG8 9EP up to High RG8 9HR up to High RG8 9HS up to High RG8 9HU up to High RG8 9JP up to High RG8 9LU up to High RG8 9ND up to High RG8 9NW up to High RG8 9PR up to High RG8 9PS up to High RG8 0JP up to Medium RG8 7AE up to Medium RG8 7AW up to Medium RG8 7BP up to Medium RG8 7DD up to Medium RG8 7DE up to Medium RG8 7DX up to Medium RG8 7EN up to Medium RG8 7LH up to Medium RG8 8AX up to Medium RG8 8BN up to Medium RG8 8BP up to Medium RG8 8BT up to Medium RG8 8TQ up to Medium RG8 9DL up to Medium RG8 9EA up to Medium RG8 9EB up to Medium RG8 9ED up to Medium RG8 9EE up to Medium RG8 9EL up to Medium RG8 9HX up to Medium RG8 9NA up to Medium RG8 9NH up to Medium RG8 7AB up to Low RG8 7AG up to Low RG8 7AN up to Low RG8 7AR up to Low RG8 7BB up to Low RG8 7EA up to Low RG8 7JS up to Low RG8 7JT up to Low RG8 7JU up to Low RG8 7LJ up to Low RG8 7LP up to Low RG8 8AF up to Low RG8 8BA up to Low RG8 8DG up to Low RG8 8DU up to Low RG8 8EA up to Low RG8 8TF up to Low RG8 8TG up to Low RG8 9AG up to Low RG8 9AN up to Low RG8 9DA up to Low RG8 9DD up to Low RG8 9DP up to Low RG8 9DR up to Low RG8 9DS up to Low RG8 9DT up to Low RG8 9DU up to Low RG8 9EH up to Low RG8 9EJ up to Low RG8 9ER up to Low RG8 9EY up to Low RG8 9HA up to Low RG8 9HB up to Low RG8 9HJ up to Low RG8 9HT up to Low RG8 9NJ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near RG8

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

260 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (50 at warning level or above), most recently 28 March 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

RG7 RG9 RG10 RG6 RG5 RG12 RG4 RG14

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.