Ashford, Kent
Up to Low likelihood
Properties in TN23 4RR sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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 band | Annual chance | Properties | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 1 | 0 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.
TN23 4RR gets about 754 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 89 mm; driest March, 45 mm). That is 35% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.5 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.0, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Because properties in the low likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 95 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around TN23 4RR. 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.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Recorded flood | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2001 | 07309A200FEO_Upper_Stour | ~3.9 km |
| Nov 2000 | 07309A200_NOV2000_Upper_Stour | ~3.9 km |
| Sep 1973 | 07311A200_SEPT1973_Ashford_Great Stour | ~1.1 km |
| Sep 1973 | 07311A330_SEPT1973_Ashford_Great Stour | ~2.4 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.
2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 3 warnings nearby) · Bella (2020, 3 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Barra (2021, 2 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chart Leacon | Great Stour | 0.1 km | 0.61 m | 1.77 m |
| ASHFORD CROSSING USGS | — | 2.2 km | — | — |
| Hothfield Upstream | Great Stour | 2.5 km | 2.34 m | 3.67 m |
| Aylesford Stream | Old Mill Stream | 2.8 km | 1.57 m | 2.45 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godinton Road Ashford Cso | Trib Of The Great Stour | 1.2 km | 2 (2024) | 2 |
| Victoria Road Ashford Cso | Trib Of The Great Stour | 1.6 km | 0 (2024) | 0 |
| Christchurch Road Asford Cso | Trib Of The Great Stour | 1.9 km | 24 (2024) | 38 |
| Kingsnorth Road, Ashford Cso | Tributary Of East Stour | 2.1 km | 27 (2024) | 137 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
5 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~104 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
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.
At-risk postcodes near TN23 4RR — all in the TN23 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 TN23 district.