Does SO53 flood?

Yes — parts of the SO53 district carry real flood risk: 35 of its 105 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SO53 postcode district covers Chandler's Ford, Hiltingbury, Valley Park, close to Colden Common, Eastleigh, Bishopstoke, and surrounding villages in parts of Hampshire and England.

105 postcodes in the SO53 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 35 high, 16 medium, 54 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 SO53 postcodes are at risk?

SO53 1EL up to High SO53 1GP up to High SO53 1GQ up to High SO53 1GR up to High SO53 1GS up to High SO53 1GW up to High SO53 1GY up to High SO53 1HB up to High SO53 1HD up to High SO53 1HN up to High SO53 1HU up to High SO53 1SF up to High SO53 2BL up to High SO53 2BN up to High SO53 2BP up to High SO53 2DZ up to High SO53 2EL up to High SO53 2EN up to High SO53 2ET up to High SO53 2EW up to High SO53 2EX up to High SO53 2EZ up to High SO53 2FB up to High SO53 2FH up to High SO53 2FQ up to High SO53 2NP up to High SO53 2QE up to High SO53 3RX up to High SO53 4NH up to High SO53 4ST up to High SO53 5BA up to High SO53 5BL up to High SO53 5DP up to High SO53 5DQ up to High SO53 5NN up to High SO53 1GD up to Medium SO53 2BB up to Medium SO53 2BG up to Medium SO53 2BH up to Medium SO53 2DL up to Medium SO53 2EB up to Medium SO53 2FR up to Medium SO53 2FW up to Medium SO53 2GU up to Medium SO53 2RT up to Medium SO53 3AB up to Medium SO53 3BX up to Medium SO53 3SF up to Medium SO53 3YA up to Medium SO53 4AA up to Medium SO53 4QF up to Medium SO53 1DZ up to Low SO53 1EH up to Low SO53 1EJ up to Low SO53 1GB up to Low SO53 1GH up to Low SO53 1HE up to Low SO53 1JH up to Low SO53 1JR up to Low SO53 1JT up to Low SO53 1JY up to Low SO53 1LZ up to Low SO53 1NB up to Low SO53 2BJ up to Low SO53 2DJ up to Low SO53 2EE up to Low SO53 2EU up to Low SO53 2EY up to Low SO53 2FU up to Low SO53 2GS up to Low SO53 2GT up to Low SO53 2JD up to Low SO53 2NH up to Low SO53 2PA up to Low SO53 2PB up to Low SO53 2TA up to Low SO53 3AA up to Low SO53 3AY up to Low SO53 3BE up to Low SO53 3BG up to Low SO53 3BH up to Low SO53 3BJ up to Low SO53 3BL up to Low SO53 3BN up to Low SO53 3RP up to Low SO53 4BX up to Low SO53 4DD up to Low SO53 4PZ up to Low SO53 4QA up to Low SO53 4QE up to Low SO53 4QG up to Low SO53 4QH up to Low SO53 4QS up to Low SO53 4RA up to Low SO53 4RE up to Low SO53 4SE up to Low SO53 4SY up to Low SO53 4SZ up to Low SO53 4TD up to Low SO53 5BP up to Low SO53 5NL up to Low SO53 5QD up to Low SO53 5RY up to Low SO53 5SP up to Low SO53 5SS up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near SO53

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

432 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (89 at warning level or above), most recently 30 March 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

SO52 SO51 SO50 SO45 SO43 SO42 SO41 SO40

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.