Does TN7 flood?

Yes — parts of the TN7 district carry real flood risk: 7 of its 15 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TN7 postcode district covers Hartfield, Withyham, close to Groombridge, Forest Row, Fordcombe, and surrounding villages in parts of Kent and East Sussex.

15 postcodes in the TN7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 7 high, 2 medium, 6 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 TN7 postcodes are at risk?

TN7 4BE up to High TN7 4BJ up to High TN7 4BT up to High TN7 4DA up to High TN7 4DD up to High TN7 4ES up to High TN7 4ET up to High TN7 4HA up to Medium TN7 4JN up to Medium TN7 4BD up to Low TN7 4BU up to Low TN7 4DN up to Low TN7 4HR up to Low TN7 4HT up to Low TN7 4JP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near TN7

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

Summerford Bridge on the River Medway — 1.9 km away, highest on record 3.19m
Hendal Bridge on the Eridge Stream Tributary Medway — 4.1 km away, highest on record 2.35m
Forest Row on the River Medway — 4.5 km away, highest on record 2.26m
Chafford on the River Medway — 6.2 km away, highest on record 3.53m

139 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (24 at warning level or above), most recently 18 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

07302C200_Dec2013_Medway_Eden_Teise_Beult (2013) — about 22 km from the centre
07304C200_JUL2007_Medway_Marsh Green & Newbridge (2007) — about 3.4 km from the centre
07303C200_SEPT1968_Medway_Forest Row_Groombridge (1968) — about 1.2 km from the centre
07303C200_NOV1960_Medway_Forest Row_Groombridge (1960) — about 0.7 km from the centre

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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.