Does TN11 8DS flood?

Penshurst, Kent

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in TN11 8DS sit in the Environment Agency's Medium flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%11
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around TN11 8DS

The ground here sits at about 42 m above sea level and falls 28 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 9.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around TN118DS, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 42 m above sea level and falls 28 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 9.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of TN11 8DS, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for TN11 8DS

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
TN11 8DS
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 5 recorded floods nearby; 248 official warnings since 2006.

D Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around TN11 8DS. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near TN11 8DS

248
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
27
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 2013 07302C200_Dec2013_Medway_Eden_Teise_Beult ~15.7 km
Sep 1968 07302C200_SEPT1968_Medway_Edenbridge_Yalding ~11.2 km
Nov 1960 07302C200_NOV1960_0010_Medway_Tonbridge ~4.4 km
Nov 1960 07303C500_NOV1960_Eden_Edenbridge ~6.7 km
Sep 1958 07303C500_SEPT1958_EdenbridgetoEastPeckham ~5.8 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 19 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 4 warnings nearby) · Conall (2024, 4 warnings nearby) · Dylan (2017, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for TN11 8DS

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Penshurst Eden Tributary Medway 0.5 km 2.07 m 2.98 m
Colliers Land Bridge River Medway 2.0 km 2.85 m 4.54 m
COLLIERS LAND BRIDGE RL 2.0 km
Vexour Bridge Eden Tributary Medway 2.6 km 2.90 m 4.12 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Penshurst Wwtw River Medway 1.2 km 100 (2024) 793
Fordcombe Wastewater Treatment Wrks A Trib Of The River Medway 2.9 km 50 (2024) 277
Chafford Lane Fordcombe Ceo The River Medway 3.1 km 3 (2024) 7
Chiddingstone Causeway Pumping Stn Trib Of River Eden 3.3 km 12 (2024) 45

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

15 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~164 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near TN11 8DS — all in the TN11 district.

© 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the TN11 district.