Does Camber flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 37 postcodes in Camber 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 1,216 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 Camber

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Camber watch River Rother, River Brede.

• Rye Harbour Tidal
  River Rother · 4.3 km away 2.96 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 31 min ago
• Brede Sluice Gate Structure
  River Brede · 4.6 km away Sensor under review
  reading not shown
• Winchelsea Strand Bridge
  River Brede · 5.3 km away 1.05 mASD
  normal range · rising · 31 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Camber'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 Camber

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Camber. The EA has issued 119 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 18 Feb 2026.

• Coast and tidal areas from Fairlight to Dungeness including Dungeness, Lydd, Camber, Winchelsea Beach, Pett Level and the Tidal Rother to Rye, Rye Harbour and East Guldeford
  55 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2025 1.0 km
• Denge Marsh, including Coastguard Cottages and Midrips Cottages, East of Jury's Gap
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 3.7 km
• Kings Avenue Estate and Rock Channel riverside properties, Rye 4.2 km
• New Winchelsea Road, upstream of Harbour Road Rye
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2023 4.6 km
• Rye Town, Rye Harbour and Harbour Road and East Guldeford
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2017 4.8 km
• Winchelsea, Winchelsea Beach and Pett Level to Cliff End
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.2 km
• Rye properties along the Tillingham, upstream of Winchelsea Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Mar 2020 5.2 km
• Coastal areas from Dungeness to Rye
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.6 km
• Sedlescombe and Winchelsea properties adjacent to the Brede, including parts of the Royal Military Road, Station Road and Winchelsea Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2023 6.0 km
• Coastal areas from Littlestone Golf Course to Dungeness
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2025 6.5 km
• River Tillingham, and its tributaries, from Beckley Furnace to Rye, including the Tilling Green Estate to the Railway line and the River Brede, and its tributaries, from Sedlescombe Bridge to Rye, including Winchelsea
  48 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 8.6 km
• Marsham Sewer at Pett Level including properties adjacent to Chick Hill Road, Marsham Brook Lane and Pett Level Road 9.2 km

Recorded floods near Camber

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

• 8 Feb 2020 — Storm Ciara 2020 completed by JBA consulting in April 2021 Sea
• 30 Nov 2009 — 07316D320FEO_DEC2009_Nook_Drain Drainage
• 1 Feb 1983 — 07316D511_FEB1983_Camber Sea

Rainfall near Camber

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (10.2 km away), recorded 1.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 26.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Camber

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

High likelihood (7)

Medium likelihood (4)

Low likelihood (5)

Very low likelihood (21)

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.