Does Basildon flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Basildon

Ordnance Survey places 31 postcodes in Basildon in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 240 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Basildon

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Basildon watch River Crouch, River Wid.

• Wickford
  River Crouch · 3.9 km away 0.16 m
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Noak Bridge
  River Crouch · 3.9 km away -0.66 mAOD
  normal range · rising · 24 min ago
• Wardropers
  River Wid · 8.9 km away 0.68 m
  normal range · just past its peak · 24 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Basildon's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Basildon

7 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Basildon. The EA has issued 66 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 5 Jan 2025.

• The River Crouch from Noak Bridge through Wickford to Runwell
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 2.3 km
• The River Crouch from Noaks Bridge to Runwell, including Wickford
  36 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 2.6 km
• Shellhaven to Tilbury, including Mucking and Linford
  no warning on record since 2006 7.1 km
• Canvey Island north of the A130, Long Road
  no warning on record since 2006 7.1 km
• The Essex coast at Canvey Island to South Benfleet, and Wat Tyler Country Park and surrounding marshland
  no warning on record since 2006 8.0 km
• Leigh-on-Sea frontage including the High Street, Chalkwell to Hadleigh marshes and Two Tree Island
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2017 9.8 km
• The Essex coast from Leigh-on-Sea, to and including, Hadleigh Marshes, and Two Tree Island
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 9.8 km

Recorded floods near Basildon

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Basildon, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 5 Dec 2013 — 2013 Flood Outline Sea
• 12 Jan 1968 — 1968 September Flood Outline Main river
• 1 Jun 1958 — 1958 Flood Outline Other
• 31 Jan 1953 — 1953 Coast Flood Outline Essex Sea

Rainfall near Basildon

Basildon gets about 575 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 63 mm; driest March, 35 mm). That is 51% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.1 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.5 km away), recorded 5.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 66.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Basildon

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Basildon that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (5)

Medium likelihood (2)

Low likelihood (24)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.