Does SS3 flood?

Yes — parts of the SS3 district carry real flood risk: 28 of its 125 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SS3 postcode district covers Foulness and The Wakerings, West Shoebury, Shoeburyness, Roche South, close to Southend, Sheerness, and surrounding villages in parts of Kent and England.

125 postcodes in the SS3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 28 high, 16 medium, 57 low, 24 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 SS3 postcodes are at risk?

SS3 0BT up to High SS3 0BX up to High SS3 0DA up to High SS3 0DJ up to High SS3 0JL up to High SS3 0LU up to High SS3 0ND up to High SS3 0NW up to High SS3 0QJ up to High SS3 9AD up to High SS3 9HG up to High SS3 9HW up to High SS3 9QR up to High SS3 9SR up to High SS3 9XD up to High SS3 9XE up to High SS3 9XF up to High SS3 9XG up to High SS3 9XH up to High SS3 9XJ up to High SS3 9XL up to High SS3 9XN up to High SS3 9XP up to High SS3 9XQ up to High SS3 9XR up to High SS3 9XS up to High SS3 9XT up to High SS3 9XW up to High SS3 0AR up to Medium SS3 0AS up to Medium SS3 0AT up to Medium SS3 0AW up to Medium SS3 0AX up to Medium SS3 0AZ up to Medium SS3 0BP up to Medium SS3 0BS up to Medium SS3 0BY up to Medium SS3 0DH up to Medium SS3 0HQ up to Medium SS3 0QL up to Medium SS3 9FN up to Medium SS3 9HQ up to Medium SS3 9SS up to Medium SS3 9TP up to Medium SS3 0AA up to Low SS3 0AB up to Low SS3 0AD up to Low SS3 0AE up to Low SS3 0AF up to Low SS3 0AG up to Low SS3 0AQ up to Low SS3 0AU up to Low SS3 0AY up to Low SS3 0BE up to Low SS3 0DL up to Low SS3 0DN up to Low SS3 0DP up to Low SS3 0DR up to Low SS3 0DS up to Low SS3 0DT up to Low SS3 0DU up to Low SS3 0DX up to Low SS3 0DY up to Low SS3 0EH up to Low SS3 0EL up to Low SS3 0EP up to Low SS3 0ER up to Low SS3 0ES up to Low SS3 0EU up to Low SS3 0EX up to Low SS3 0GA up to Low SS3 0GB up to Low SS3 0HT up to Low SS3 0JP up to Low SS3 0LA up to Low SS3 0LB up to Low SS3 0LF up to Low SS3 0LN up to Low SS3 0LP up to Low SS3 0LR up to Low SS3 0LS up to Low SS3 0LW up to Low SS3 0LX up to Low SS3 0PH up to Low SS3 9BX up to Low SS3 9DA up to Low SS3 9DB up to Low SS3 9DF up to Low SS3 9ED up to Low SS3 9ER up to Low SS3 9FE up to Low SS3 9FH up to Low SS3 9FT up to Low SS3 9FW up to Low SS3 9JX up to Low SS3 9QE up to Low SS3 9SG up to Low SS3 9TR up to Low SS3 9TS up to Low SS3 9TT up to Low SS3 9UJ up to Low SS3 0EY up to Very low SS3 0NL up to Very low SS3 9BF up to Very low SS3 9BJ up to Very low SS3 9BT up to Very low SS3 9BY up to Very low SS3 9DG up to Very low SS3 9DH up to Very low SS3 9DL up to Very low SS3 9ES up to Very low SS3 9EU up to Very low SS3 9FD up to Very low SS3 9HH up to Very low SS3 9HS up to Very low SS3 9HU up to Very low SS3 9PD up to Very low SS3 9PE up to Very low SS3 9QH up to Very low SS3 9QN up to Very low SS3 9QP up to Very low SS3 9QT up to Very low SS3 9RB up to Very low SS3 9WD up to Very low SS3 9WL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SS3

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

73 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (14 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.