Does SN16 flood?

Yes — parts of the SN16 district carry real flood risk: 27 of its 64 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SN16 postcode district covers Malmesbury, Sherston, Minety, Brinkworth, close to Lea, Brokenborough, Rodbourne, and surrounding villages in parts of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

64 postcodes in the SN16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 27 high, 11 medium, 24 low, 2 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 SN16 postcodes are at risk?

SN16 0AJ up to High SN16 0BX up to High SN16 0ER up to High SN16 0ES up to High SN16 0EY up to High SN16 0HH up to High SN16 0HY up to High SN16 0JH up to High SN16 0NG up to High SN16 0NZ up to High SN16 0QZ up to High SN16 9AL up to High SN16 9BL up to High SN16 9BN up to High SN16 9BP up to High SN16 9BS up to High SN16 9BW up to High SN16 9DR up to High SN16 9DY up to High SN16 9EH up to High SN16 9EL up to High SN16 9EQ up to High SN16 9EW up to High SN16 9EY up to High SN16 9HF up to High SN16 9JS up to High SN16 9NR up to High SN16 0AD up to Medium SN16 0DZ up to Medium SN16 0JD up to Medium SN16 0NE up to Medium SN16 9ET up to Medium SN16 9JZ up to Medium SN16 9LU up to Medium SN16 9NN up to Medium SN16 9NT up to Medium SN16 9PS up to Medium SN16 9RJ up to Medium SN16 0BA up to Low SN16 0BT up to Low SN16 0BY up to Low SN16 0DY up to Low SN16 0HD up to Low SN16 0JJ up to Low SN16 0JQ up to Low SN16 0NQ up to Low SN16 0PL up to Low SN16 0RB up to Low SN16 9AT up to Low SN16 9EG up to Low SN16 9ES up to Low SN16 9FF up to Low SN16 9FG up to Low SN16 9FQ up to Low SN16 9GA up to Low SN16 9HX up to Low SN16 9JR up to Low SN16 9JT up to Low SN16 9LP up to Low SN16 9LZ up to Low SN16 9NF up to Low SN16 9QP up to Low SN16 9PY up to Very low SN16 9TW up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SN16

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

270 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (67 at warning level or above), most recently 12 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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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.