Does SS4 flood?

Yes — parts of the SS4 district carry real flood risk: 33 of its 100 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SS4 postcode district covers Roche North and Rural, Roche South, Hockley and Ashingdon, Hawkwell West, close to Southend, and surrounding villages in England.

100 postcodes in the SS4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 33 high, 14 medium, 36 low, 17 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 SS4 postcodes are at risk?

SS4 1BS up to High SS4 1FQ up to High SS4 1GR up to High SS4 1HA up to High SS4 1JU up to High SS4 1LH up to High SS4 1LN up to High SS4 1LW up to High SS4 2AA up to High SS4 2AJ up to High SS4 2AN up to High SS4 2AQ up to High SS4 2AR up to High SS4 2AT up to High SS4 2AX up to High SS4 2BB up to High SS4 2BF up to High SS4 2BH up to High SS4 2DE up to High SS4 2DP up to High SS4 2DR up to High SS4 2DT up to High SS4 2DU up to High SS4 2DX up to High SS4 2ED up to High SS4 2EF up to High SS4 2EJ up to High SS4 2ER up to High SS4 2ES up to High SS4 2EY up to High SS4 2HA up to High SS4 2HD up to High SS4 2HF up to High SS4 1AU up to Medium SS4 1BL up to Medium SS4 1HB up to Medium SS4 1NL up to Medium SS4 1NN up to Medium SS4 1NP up to Medium SS4 1NR up to Medium SS4 1NS up to Medium SS4 1PR up to Medium SS4 2AU up to Medium SS4 2BS up to Medium SS4 2DF up to Medium SS4 3JT up to Medium SS4 3LZ up to Medium SS4 1AJ up to Low SS4 1AP up to Low SS4 1AS up to Low SS4 1AX up to Low SS4 1BB up to Low SS4 1BU up to Low SS4 1HD up to Low SS4 1HN up to Low SS4 1HP up to Low SS4 1HR up to Low SS4 1HW up to Low SS4 1JF up to Low SS4 1JG up to Low SS4 1JQ up to Low SS4 1NH up to Low SS4 1NJ up to Low SS4 1PP up to Low SS4 1RB up to Low SS4 1YG up to Low SS4 2DH up to Low SS4 2DJ up to Low SS4 2DL up to Low SS4 2DN up to Low SS4 2DQ up to Low SS4 2DS up to Low SS4 2DW up to Low SS4 2DY up to Low SS4 2DZ up to Low SS4 3AD up to Low SS4 3BF up to Low SS4 3JL up to Low SS4 3JX up to Low SS4 3LS up to Low SS4 3LT up to Low SS4 3RG up to Low SS4 3RS up to Low SS4 1HL up to Very low SS4 1HZ up to Very low SS4 1JN up to Very low SS4 1NF up to Very low SS4 2EG up to Very low SS4 2EL up to Very low SS4 2EN up to Very low SS4 2EP up to Very low SS4 2EQ up to Very low SS4 2EW up to Very low SS4 3JN up to Very low SS4 3JP up to Very low SS4 3JU up to Very low SS4 3LY up to Very low SS4 3RR up to Very low SS4 3RT up to Very low SS4 3SE up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SS4

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

75 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (16 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

SS3 SS5 SS2 SS6 SS1 SS7 SS0 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.