Does SL6 9EG flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in SL6 9EG sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%20
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

How much rain falls on SL6 9EG

SL6 9EG gets about 721 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 81 mm; driest March, 43 mm). That is 38% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.

A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.4 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The ground around SL6 9EG

The ground here sits at about 42 m above sea level and falls 28 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 8.4 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around SL69EG, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 42 m above sea level and falls 28 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-south-west, 8.4 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of SL6 9EG, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.

The watercourse nearest SL6 9EG

The river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the centre of SL6 9EG.

That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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Inside the full report for SL6 9EG

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
SL6 9EG
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 154 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood outline within ~1 km: Yes ⚑ Flood defence mapped within 500 m: None mapped ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around SL6 9EG. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near SL6 9EG

154
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2011
39
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-28)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood outlines near this postcode

DateMapped flood extentApprox. distance
Nov 2013 Winter 2013/2014 ~9.6 km
Dec 2002 06JanuaryNewYear2003 ~2.0 km
Jan 2000 06DecemberWinter2000 ~1.3 km
Jan 1990 06FebruaryWinter1990 ~1.1 km

These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

The rivers that matter for SL6 9EG

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Bourne End River Wye 2.1 km 0.38 m 0.47 m
Raymill Road Maidenhead Ditch 3.4 km 1.30 m 1.47 m
Taplow Jubilee River 4.0 km 3.21 m 1.92 m
Maidenhead River Thames 4.3 km 3.55 m 3.87 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Little Marlow Stw River Thames 1.9 km 9 (2024) 59
Maidenhead Maidenhead Ditch 4.7 km 2 (2024) 16

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near SL6 9EG — all in the SL6 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring (England); live overflow status © the water companies, incl. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Scottish Water. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the SL6 district.