Does Blakeney flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 20 postcodes in Blakeney 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 125 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 Blakeney

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Blakeney watch River Severn, River Lyd, Little Avon River, River Cam.

• Sharpness Tidal
  River Severn · 4.7 km away 0.59 mASD
  rises and falls with the tide · 37 min ago
• Lydney
  River Lyd · 5.0 km away 0.16 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Parkend
  River Lyd · 5.2 km away 0.04 mASD
  normal range · steady · 1 h ago
• Berkeley
  Little Avon River · 8.3 km away 0.15 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago
• Cambridge
  River Cam · 8.9 km away 0.10 mASD
  normal range · steady · 37 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Blakeney'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 Blakeney

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Blakeney. The EA has issued 271 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Mar 2026.

• Purton on the Severn Estuary
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 3.5 km
• River Lyd at Lydney
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2024 5.1 km
• Sharpness and Lydney Harbour on the Severn Estuary
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 5.4 km
• Arlingham on the Severn Estuary
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 5.7 km
• Slimbridge on the Severn Estuary
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 6.3 km
• River Cam at Cambridge 8.1 km
• Westbury, Broadoak and Newnham on the Severn Estuary
  15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2024 8.1 km
• Frampton, Upper Framilode and Saul on the Severn Estuary
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2022 8.2 km
• Framilode and Priding on the Severn Estuary
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2022 8.2 km
• Sanigar Lane, Lynch Road, Jumpers Lane and Hamfields Lane including Berkeley Power Station. Blackhall, Upper Hill, Yew Tree Farm area and Rockhampton 9.3 km
• Severn estuary from Gloucester to Sharpness, including Sandhurst and Maisemore
  122 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 9.3 km
• River Lyd and Cinderford Brook
  112 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 9.3 km

Recorded floods near Blakeney

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

• 29 Oct 2000 — Lydney Main river
• 29 Oct 2000 — Slimbridge Main river
• 29 Oct 2000 — November 2000 (Lower Severn) Main river
• 1 Feb 1995 — Awre Main river
• 1 Jan 1992 — Lydney Main river
• 1 Jan 1992 — Awre Main river
• 26 Feb 1990 — Northington Drainage
• 1 Dec 1981 — Tidal Severn Other
• 1 Jul 1968 — Severn Estuary Main river
• 1 Jul 1968 — July 1968 (Lower Severn) Main river

Rainfall near Blakeney

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (9.0 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 16.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 37 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Blakeney

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

High likelihood (13)

Medium likelihood (4)

Low likelihood (3)

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.