Does SS17 flood?

Yes — parts of the SS17 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 93 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SS17 postcode district covers Stanford-le-Hope West, The Homesteads, Corringham and Fobbing, East Tilbury, close to Great Burstead, Tilbury, Wickford, and surrounding villages in Essex.

93 postcodes in the SS17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 17 medium, 37 low, 22 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 SS17 postcodes are at risk?

SS17 0EQ up to High SS17 0GX up to High SS17 0GZ up to High SS17 0HZ up to High SS17 0JD up to High SS17 0JE up to High SS17 0JG up to High SS17 0JH up to High SS17 0QJ up to High SS17 0QL up to High SS17 0QR up to High SS17 0RT up to High SS17 8DH up to High SS17 8DN up to High SS17 9DY up to High SS17 9LG up to High SS17 9LN up to High SS17 0DN up to Medium SS17 0JJ up to Medium SS17 0JU up to Medium SS17 0SS up to Medium SS17 8AD up to Medium SS17 8AG up to Medium SS17 8AQ up to Medium SS17 8BB up to Medium SS17 8BH up to Medium SS17 8BN up to Medium SS17 8DA up to Medium SS17 8DD up to Medium SS17 8DL up to Medium SS17 8DS up to Medium SS17 8DT up to Medium SS17 8EJ up to Medium SS17 9HG up to Medium SS17 0DR up to Low SS17 0EE up to Low SS17 0EH up to Low SS17 0GF up to Low SS17 0GH up to Low SS17 0JA up to Low SS17 0JL up to Low SS17 0JN up to Low SS17 0JR up to Low SS17 0JW up to Low SS17 0JY up to Low SS17 0LB up to Low SS17 0LE up to Low SS17 0LF up to Low SS17 0LG up to Low SS17 0LH up to Low SS17 0LJ up to Low SS17 0LQ up to Low SS17 0NE up to Low SS17 0NJ up to Low SS17 0NR up to Low SS17 8AH up to Low SS17 8AJ up to Low SS17 8AU up to Low SS17 8BJ up to Low SS17 8BL up to Low SS17 8BY up to Low SS17 8BZ up to Low SS17 8DU up to Low SS17 8DZ up to Low SS17 8QR up to Low SS17 8QS up to Low SS17 8QT up to Low SS17 8RD up to Low SS17 9FJ up to Low SS17 9JR up to Low SS17 9LA up to Low SS17 0JX up to Very low SS17 0RH up to Very low SS17 0RN up to Very low SS17 7QJ up to Very low SS17 9DB up to Very low SS17 9ER up to Very low SS17 9FA up to Very low SS17 9FD up to Very low SS17 9FE up to Very low SS17 9FF up to Very low SS17 9GA up to Very low SS17 9GN up to Very low SS17 9HJ up to Very low SS17 9JH up to Very low SS17 9LB up to Very low SS17 9LL up to Very low SS17 9LP up to Very low SS17 9LQ up to Very low SS17 9LR up to Very low SS17 9LW up to Very low SS17 9NA up to Very low SS17 9PD up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SS17

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

376 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (56 at warning level or above), most recently 28 September 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

SS16 SS15 SS14 SS13 SS12 SS11 SS9 SS8

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.