Does Fareham flood?

Flood warnings in force near Fareham

• Flood alert — Portsmouth
  flooding is expected but tides are higher than usual 9.3 km

From the Environment Agency (England). Always check the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

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

Ordnance Survey places 51 postcodes in Fareham 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 405 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 Fareham

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Fareham watch River Wallington, River Meon, Brownwich Stream, River Alver.

• North Fareham weir Structure
  River Wallington · 1.5 km away 0.23 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 27 min ago
• Titchfield Canal
  River Meon · 3.5 km away 2.02 mAOD
  normal range · just past its peak · 27 min ago
• Titchfield
  River Meon · 3.5 km away 0.86 mAOD
  normal range · 27 min ago
• Wickham
  River Meon · 4.9 km away 18.62 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Brownwich Pond
  Brownwich Stream · 6.4 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 17:30
• Browndown
  River Alver · 6.9 km away 1.20 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Mislingford
  River Meon · 7.8 km away 0.22 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Portsmouth Tidal
  Tide · 8.6 km away 0.40 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 27 min ago
• Hamble Tidal
  Tide · 8.9 km away 0.16 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 42 min ago
• Denmead
  River Wallington · 9.5 km away 33.38 mAOD
  normal range · 27 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Fareham'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 Fareham

25 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Fareham. The EA has issued 426 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• Tidal areas of Fareham
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 0.6 km
• Wallington on the River Wallington
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 2.1 km
• Coastal area from Fareham to Portchester
  53 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 3.3 km
• The River Meon between the M27 and Titchfield Haven including Titchfield
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 4.3 km
• River Meon from the M27 to Titchfield Haven
  57 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 4.3 km
• Tidal areas of Portchester
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 4.3 km
• The River Meon between Mislingford and the M27 including Wickham
  24 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 4.9 km
• River Wallington from World's End to Wallington
  15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.4 km
• Whiteley Stream at Rookery and Thyme Avenue to Whitley Lane, including Hyssop Close, Marjoram Way, Carraway and Sorrel Drive
  no warning on record since 2006 5.5 km
• Whiteley Stream from Rookery Avenue to Whiteley Lane
  no warning on record since 2006 5.5 km
• River Alver from Rowner to the Sea
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.9 km
• Coastal area from Hillhead to Gosport
  51 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 6.7 km

Recorded floods near Fareham

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Fareham, 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 Mar 2014 — East Hampshire Winter 13/14 Other
• 6 Jan 2014 — Titchfield Hill, Winter 13/14 Main river
• 6 Jan 2014 — Field by Titchfield Tanneries, Winter 13/14 Main river
• 2 Dec 2013 — Wallington Road, Winter 13/14 Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 06/11/2000_River Meon_Aerial(33)
• 6 Nov 2000 — 06/11/2000_River Meon_Aerial(78)
• 6 Nov 2000 — 06/11/2000_River Meon_Aerial(40)
• 6 Nov 2000 — Win2000/01g_River Meon_Titchfield(4) Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 06/11/2000_River Meon_Wickham(9) Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 06/11/2000_River Meon_Wickham(11) Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 13/12/2000_River Meon_Wickham(12) Main river
• 6 Nov 2000 — 06/11/2000_River Meon_Wickham(8) Main river

…and 99 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Fareham

Fareham gets about 835 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 102 mm; driest May, 47 mm). That is 28% 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 (3.0 km away), recorded 3.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 105.5 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 27 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Fareham

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

High likelihood (27)

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.