Does RH20 flood?

Yes — parts of the RH20 district carry real flood risk: 34 of its 64 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The RH20 postcode district covers West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington, Fittleworth, Storrington & Washington, close to Pulborough, Hardham, Houghton, and surrounding villages in West Sussex.

64 postcodes in the RH20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 34 high, 14 medium, 16 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 RH20 postcodes are at risk?

RH20 1BT up to High RH20 1DJ up to High RH20 1EA up to High RH20 1EN up to High RH20 1EP up to High RH20 1LB up to High RH20 1LF up to High RH20 1LJ up to High RH20 1NG up to High RH20 1PB up to High RH20 2BF up to High RH20 2BH up to High RH20 2BJ up to High RH20 2BS up to High RH20 2DA up to High RH20 2DB up to High RH20 2EE up to High RH20 2EL up to High RH20 2ES up to High RH20 2LS up to High RH20 2PR up to High RH20 2SN up to High RH20 3BB up to High RH20 3BD up to High RH20 3BG up to High RH20 3BX up to High RH20 3DE up to High RH20 3EZ up to High RH20 3NS up to High RH20 3NT up to High RH20 3NU up to High RH20 3NW up to High RH20 3NY up to High RH20 4FF up to High RH20 1DL up to Medium RH20 1FD up to Medium RH20 1JT up to Medium RH20 1NP up to Medium RH20 1PE up to Medium RH20 2EU up to Medium RH20 2HQ up to Medium RH20 2QU up to Medium RH20 2RP up to Medium RH20 3DA up to Medium RH20 3DD up to Medium RH20 3DG up to Medium RH20 3JX up to Medium RH20 4TD up to Medium RH20 1DF up to Low RH20 1DS up to Low RH20 1JS up to Low RH20 1LA up to Low RH20 1LD up to Low RH20 1PD up to Low RH20 2GL up to Low RH20 2NW up to Low RH20 2PG up to Low RH20 3NX up to Low RH20 3PG up to Low RH20 3PQ up to Low RH20 3PR up to Low RH20 4DN up to Low RH20 4DR up to Low RH20 4DU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near RH20

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

160 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (46 at warning level or above), most recently 20 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

RH19 RH18 RH17 RH16 RH15 RH14 RH13 RH12

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.