Does Bexley flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 32 postcodes in Bexley 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 359 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 Bexley

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bexley watch River Cray, Shuttle Tributary Cray, Kyd Brook, River Darent, River Quaggy, Thames Tideway, River Ravensbourne.

• Hall Place
  River Cray · 1.4 km away 0.02 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Lamorbey Park
  Shuttle Tributary Cray · 1.8 km away -1.49 mASD
  below normal · steady · 31 min ago
• Crayford
  River Cray · 2.5 km away 0.19 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hazelmere Road
  Kyd Brook · 6.7 km away 0.57 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Hawley
  River Darent · 6.7 km away 0.05 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Gosshill Road Structure
  Kyd Brook · 7.0 km away 0.30 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 31 min ago
• Lower Camden
  Kyd Brook · 7.0 km away 0.88 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Woodlands Road
  Kyd Brook · 7.1 km away 1.17 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Chinbrook Park
  River Quaggy · 7.8 km away 0.02 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Kydbrook Close
  Kyd Brook · 8.0 km away 0.45 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago
• Silvertown Tidal
  Thames Tideway · 8.5 km away 3.57 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago
• Bishops Avenue
  River Ravensbourne · 8.9 km away 0.55 mASD
  normal range · steady · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bexley'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 Bexley

24 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bexley. The EA has issued 259 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 27 Aug 2026.

• River Shuttle at Blackfen, Sidcup Golf Course, Lamorbey Park, Sidcup and Old Bexley to Hall Place
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2016 0.9 km
• River Cray from St Mary's Cray to Crayford, including Hall Place and the River Shuttle from Blackfen through Sidcup to Old Bexley including Lamorbey Park
  58 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2026 1.2 km
• River Cray in St Marys Cray, St Pauls Cray, Foots Cray, Sidcup, North Cray, Old Bexley, Hall Place and Crayford to the River Darent
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 1.6 km
• Areas at risk from Groundwater flooding including Caterham Bourne, Coulsdon Bourne, Beddington, Carshalton, Coulsdon, Kenley, Purley, South Croydon, Whyteleafe, Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham, Greenwich, Epsom and Ewell.
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest May 2024 2.4 km
• River Darent in Hawley, the Dartford Trade Park, Brooklands, Dartford Town Centre, Dartford and Crayford Marshes to the River Thames including Slade Green and the Darent Industrial Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2014 5.7 km
• Areas at risk of tidal flooding in Dartford 5.7 km
• River Thames from Dartford Creek to Erith High Street East including the Darent Industrial Estate, Slade Green and the Church Industrial Estate 5.7 km
• River Thames including areas in the boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2008 6.1 km
• The River Thames from Erith High Street to Woolwich Arsenal including Erith Marshes, Thamesmead, Abbey Wood, North Plumstead and the Woolwich Arsenal site. 6.3 km
• River Thames riverside from Dartford Creek and The Mardyke to the Thames Barrier
  27 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 6.3 km
• Areas at risk of tidal flooding in Dartford, Crayford and Greenhithe 6.6 km
• Kyd Brook at Petts Wood, London Borough of Bromley
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2021 7.4 km

Recorded floods near Bexley

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Bexley, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 27 Aug 1977 — 07337E300_AUG1977_River Cray_Old Bexley/St Mary's Main river
• 14 Sep 1968 — 07337E200_SEPT1968_Darent_Dartford Main river
• 14 Sep 1968 — 07337E200_SEPT1968_Cray_Dartford Main river
• 14 Sep 1968 — 06SeptemberAutumn1968 Main river
• 31 Jan 1953 — 1953 Coast Flood Outline Essex Sea
• 31 Jan 1953 — TTD_FEO_1953 Sea
• 31 Jan 1953 — 07301E900_FEB1953_Dartford/Swanscombe Sea
• 1 Jan 1953 — TTD_FEO_1953 Sea
• 6 Jan 1928 — TTD_FEO_1928 Main river

Rainfall near Bexley

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (0.9 km away), recorded 1.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 23.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 47 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bexley

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

High likelihood (8)

Medium likelihood (5)

Low likelihood (19)

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.