Does RM1 flood?

Yes — parts of the RM1 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 63 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The RM1 postcode district covers St Edward's, Marshalls & Rise Park, Hylands & Harrow Lodge, close to Romford, Elm Park, Upminster, and surrounding villages in parts of England and Essex.

63 postcodes in the RM1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 3 medium, 51 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 RM1 postcodes are at risk?

RM1 3QR up to High RM1 3QX up to High RM1 3QZ up to High RM1 4PP up to High RM1 4XH up to High RM1 4XJ up to High RM1 4XL up to High RM1 4XR up to High RM1 4XS up to High RM1 3JR up to Medium RM1 3QT up to Medium RM1 4XP up to Medium RM1 1AF up to Low RM1 1AN up to Low RM1 1AP up to Low RM1 1AR up to Low RM1 1AS up to Low RM1 1AU up to Low RM1 1BA up to Low RM1 1BG up to Low RM1 1BH up to Low RM1 1BJ up to Low RM1 1BQ up to Low RM1 1DF up to Low RM1 1DG up to Low RM1 1DT up to Low RM1 1DX up to Low RM1 1ED up to Low RM1 1EG up to Low RM1 1EN up to Low RM1 1EQ up to Low RM1 1ES up to Low RM1 1EW up to Low RM1 1EY up to Low RM1 1EZ up to Low RM1 1HR up to Low RM1 1HS up to Low RM1 1JH up to Low RM1 1JJ up to Low RM1 1JL up to Low RM1 1JU up to Low RM1 1LN up to Low RM1 1NP up to Low RM1 1NX up to Low RM1 1RA up to Low RM1 1RD up to Low RM1 1RX up to Low RM1 1SS up to Low RM1 1TU up to Low RM1 2BP up to Low RM1 3FA up to Low RM1 3FG up to Low RM1 3LP up to Low RM1 3NB up to Low RM1 3NH up to Low RM1 3NL up to Low RM1 3PB up to Low RM1 3QF up to Low RM1 4AE up to Low RM1 4DG up to Low RM1 4DY up to Low RM1 4QA up to Low RM1 4QB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near RM1

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

230 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (22 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 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

RM2 RM3 RM4 RM5 RM6 RM7 RM9 RM10

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.