Does SS1 flood?

Yes — parts of the SS1 district carry real flood risk: 26 of its 84 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SS1 postcode district covers Thorpe, Kursaal, Milton, close to Southend, Sheerness, and surrounding villages in parts of Kent and Essex.

84 postcodes in the SS1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 26 high, 2 medium, 13 low, 43 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 SS1 postcodes are at risk?

SS1 1DT up to High SS1 1EE up to High SS1 2ER up to High SS1 2ES up to High SS1 2TL up to High SS1 2TN up to High SS1 2YA up to High SS1 2YB up to High SS1 2YD up to High SS1 2YE up to High SS1 2YF up to High SS1 2YG up to High SS1 2YH up to High SS1 2YL up to High SS1 2YN up to High SS1 2YP up to High SS1 2YQ up to High SS1 2YR up to High SS1 2YT up to High SS1 3AA up to High SS1 3AD up to High SS1 3AG up to High SS1 3AH up to High SS1 3AN up to High SS1 3AW up to High SS1 3BG up to High SS1 2EJ up to Medium SS1 3HL up to Medium SS1 2AE up to Low SS1 2AQ up to Low SS1 2EL up to Low SS1 2EN up to Low SS1 2SR up to Low SS1 2SX up to Low SS1 2TH up to Low SS1 2TQ up to Low SS1 2TR up to Low SS1 2TW up to Low SS1 2YS up to Low SS1 2YU up to Low SS1 2YW up to Low SS1 2AF up to Very low SS1 2AG up to Very low SS1 2EW up to Very low SS1 2FR up to Very low SS1 2HS up to Very low SS1 2SY up to Very low SS1 2TF up to Very low SS1 2TJ up to Very low SS1 2TP up to Very low SS1 2TS up to Very low SS1 2TU up to Very low SS1 2UA up to Very low SS1 2UU up to Very low SS1 2WW up to Very low SS1 2XA up to Very low SS1 2XB up to Very low SS1 2XD up to Very low SS1 2XE up to Very low SS1 2XH up to Very low SS1 2XJ up to Very low SS1 2XQ up to Very low SS1 2XU up to Very low SS1 2ZG up to Very low SS1 2ZS up to Very low SS1 3AJ up to Very low SS1 3AL up to Very low SS1 3AQ up to Very low SS1 3AT up to Very low SS1 3BH up to Very low SS1 3BN up to Very low SS1 3BP up to Very low SS1 3BS up to Very low SS1 3BW up to Very low SS1 3BX up to Very low SS1 3DE up to Very low SS1 3DF up to Very low SS1 3DG up to Very low SS1 3DH up to Very low SS1 3DN up to Very low SS1 3DQ up to Very low SS1 3EF up to Very low SS1 3EJ up to Very low SS1 3EL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SS1

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

88 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (13 at warning level or above), most recently 13 June 2025. 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.