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Does Bushey flood?

Hertfordshire
40postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
14years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Bushey

Ordnance Survey places 40 postcodes in Bushey 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 484 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High13167142
Medium12186176
Low15131125
Very low000
All bands40484443

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 Bushey

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bushey watch River Colne, River Gade, Radlett Brook, River Pinn, River Chess, River Ver, Borehamwood Brook, Edgware Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Bushey'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.

The watercourse nearest Bushey

Two mapped watercourses are about the same distance from the middle of Bushey's at-risk postcodes: Hilfield Brook (about 840 m) and the River Colne (about 870 m), so this page cannot say which one is nearer to you.

Distances along the river are from the point on each watercourse nearest the middle of Bushey's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Bushey

22 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bushey. The EA has issued 341 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 24 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Bushey

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

…and 10 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Bushey

Bushey gets about 675 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 75 mm; driest March, 41 mm). That is 42% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.1 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.1 km away), recorded 3.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 68.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 32 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bushey

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

High likelihood (13)

WD23 2EAWD23 2EBWD23 2FEWD23 2HLWD23 2HPWD23 2HRWD23 2HSWD23 2JDWD23 2JEWD23 2JFWD23 2NZWD23 3TJWD23 4QR

Medium likelihood (12)

WD23 2AEWD23 2AYWD23 2BAWD23 2DAWD23 2DDWD23 2EDWD23 2GZWD23 2HFWD23 2HTWD23 2HXWD23 2NSWD23 4GP

Low likelihood (15)

WD23 2AFWD23 2DEWD23 2DFWD23 2DQWD23 2FRWD23 2HUWD23 3APWD23 3ARWD23 3AUWD23 3AXWD23 3FAWD23 3NBWD23 3NRWD23 4FEWD23 4NZ

Postcode districts

WD23 · 40

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.

Flood-risk bands: © 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, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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