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Does TN3 9PJ flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in TN3 9PJ sit in the Environment Agency's High 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%10
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

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

The ground around TN3 9PJ

The ground here sits at about 55 m above sea level and falls 54 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 31.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around TN39PJ, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 55 m above sea level and falls 54 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 31.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of TN3 9PJ, 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 TN3 9PJ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
TN3 9PJ
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 127 official warnings since 2006.

E 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
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 TN3 9PJ. 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 TN3 9PJ

127
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
12
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 ~18.2 km
Sep 1968 07303C200_SEPT1968_Medway_Forest Row_Groombridge ~4.5 km
Nov 1960 07303C200_NOV1960_Medway_Forest Row_Groombridge ~4.5 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, 9 warnings nearby) · Dylan (2017, 2 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 2 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for TN3 9PJ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Hendal Bridge Eridge Stream Tributary Medway 1.3 km 1.25 m 2.35 m
Summerford Bridge River Medway 3.1 km 2.70 m 3.19 m
Chafford River Medway 5.3 km 2.50 m 3.53 m
COLLIERS LAND BRIDGE RL — 5.9 km — —

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
Groombridge Wwps River Grom 2.0 km 54 (2024) 557
Tunbridge Wells South Wwtw The River Grom 2.0 km 69 (2024) 300
Tunbridge Wells South Wwtw The River Grom 2.0 km 91 (2024) 1,238
St. John's, Crowborough Wwtw Pippingford Brook 3.7 km 80 (2024) 970

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

TN3 9AD up to Low TN3 9JD up to High TN3 9JH up to High TN3 9JL up to Low TN3 9JN up to Low TN3 9LB up to High TN3 9LD up to Low TN3 9LE up to High TN3 9LJ up to High TN3 9LL up to Low TN3 9LQ up to Low TN3 9LT up to High

At-risk postcodes near TN3 9PJ — all in the TN3 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. 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 TN3 district.