Does SP8 flood?

Yes — parts of the SP8 district carry real flood risk: 34 of its 70 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SP8 postcode district covers Gillingham, Beacon, close to Milton On Stour, Huntingford, Motcombe, and surrounding villages in parts of Dorset and Somerset.

70 postcodes in the SP8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 34 high, 10 medium, 25 low, 1 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 SP8 postcodes are at risk?

SP8 4AA up to High SP8 4AP up to High SP8 4AR up to High SP8 4AX up to High SP8 4AY up to High SP8 4BB up to High SP8 4BP up to High SP8 4EF up to High SP8 4FZ up to High SP8 4HJ up to High SP8 4NA up to High SP8 4NX up to High SP8 4PG up to High SP8 4QS up to High SP8 4ST up to High SP8 4UA up to High SP8 4XH up to High SP8 5AB up to High SP8 5AE up to High SP8 5BA up to High SP8 5DF up to High SP8 5FQ up to High SP8 5FS up to High SP8 5HE up to High SP8 5HF up to High SP8 5JH up to High SP8 5NR up to High SP8 5NS up to High SP8 5PD up to High SP8 5PX up to High SP8 5PY up to High SP8 5PZ up to High SP8 5RE up to High SP8 5RR up to High SP8 4AD up to Medium SP8 4AG up to Medium SP8 4AJ up to Medium SP8 4ER up to Medium SP8 4EW up to Medium SP8 4HW up to Medium SP8 4RZ up to Medium SP8 5FN up to Medium SP8 5HB up to Medium SP8 5RS up to Medium SP8 4AL up to Low SP8 4AN up to Low SP8 4AU up to Low SP8 4AW up to Low SP8 4DL up to Low SP8 4DX up to Low SP8 4DZ up to Low SP8 4EL up to Low SP8 4EN up to Low SP8 4GR up to Low SP8 4HH up to Low SP8 4JN up to Low SP8 4JY up to Low SP8 4LS up to Low SP8 4LX up to Low SP8 4QA up to Low SP8 4QF up to Low SP8 4RE up to Low SP8 4UB up to Low SP8 4WE up to Low SP8 5FF up to Low SP8 5FT up to Low SP8 5PR up to Low SP8 5RH up to Low SP8 5RX up to Low SP8 5BD up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SP8

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

82 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (27 at warning level or above), most recently 8 February 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

SP7 SP9 SP10 SP6 SP11 SP5 SP4 SP3

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.