Does RM20 flood?

Yes — parts of the RM20 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 72 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The RM20 postcode district covers West Thurrock and South Stifford, Grays Riverside, close to Tilbury, Hawley, Crayford, and surrounding villages in parts of Greater London and Kent.

72 postcodes in the RM20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 71 very 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 RM20 postcodes are at risk?

RM20 4EL up to High RM20 3AA up to Very low RM20 3AD up to Very low RM20 3AE up to Very low RM20 3AF up to Very low RM20 3AG up to Very low RM20 3AJ up to Very low RM20 3AL up to Very low RM20 3AN up to Very low RM20 3AP up to Very low RM20 3AQ up to Very low RM20 3AR up to Very low RM20 3AS up to Very low RM20 3AT up to Very low RM20 3AU up to Very low RM20 3BA up to Very low RM20 3BJ up to Very low RM20 3BP up to Very low RM20 3ED up to Very low RM20 3EE up to Very low RM20 3EF up to Very low RM20 3EG up to Very low RM20 3EY up to Very low RM20 3FH up to Very low RM20 3FJ up to Very low RM20 3FN up to Very low RM20 3HA up to Very low RM20 3HD up to Very low RM20 3HL up to Very low RM20 3HX up to Very low RM20 3JA up to Very low RM20 3JQ up to Very low RM20 3JT up to Very low RM20 3LG up to Very low RM20 3LH up to Very low RM20 3LL up to Very low RM20 3LU up to Very low RM20 3LW up to Very low RM20 3NL up to Very low RM20 3NR up to Very low RM20 3SL up to Very low RM20 3ZD up to Very low RM20 4AA up to Very low RM20 4AD up to Very low RM20 4AE up to Very low RM20 4AG up to Very low RM20 4AJ up to Very low RM20 4AL up to Very low RM20 4AN up to Very low RM20 4AP up to Very low RM20 4AQ up to Very low RM20 4AR up to Very low RM20 4AS up to Very low RM20 4AT up to Very low RM20 4AU up to Very low RM20 4AW up to Very low RM20 4AX up to Very low RM20 4AY up to Very low RM20 4BA up to Very low RM20 4BJ up to Very low RM20 4BL up to Very low RM20 4BQ up to Very low RM20 4BU up to Very low RM20 4DB up to Very low RM20 4DN up to Very low RM20 4EH up to Very low RM20 4XB up to Very low RM20 4XJ up to Very low RM20 4XP up to Very low RM20 4XQ up to Very low RM20 4XU up to Very low RM20 4XX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near RM20

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

154 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (37 at warning level or above), most recently 16 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

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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.