Does Fetcham flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 24 postcodes in Fetcham 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 311 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 Fetcham

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Fetcham watch River Mole, Hogsmill River.

• Leatherhead
  River Mole · 0.4 km away 1.39 m
  normal range · falling · 28 min ago
• Downside Bridge
  River Mole · 5.9 km away 1.45 m
  normal range · falling · 28 min ago
• Dorking Structure
  River Mole · 6.6 km away 0.24 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 28 min ago
• Ewell
  Hogsmill River · 9.0 km away 0.10 m
  normal range · steady · 28 min ago
• Esher
  River Mole · 9.9 km away 1.64 m
  normal range · steady · 28 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Fetcham'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 Fetcham

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Fetcham. The EA has issued 216 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 15 Feb 2026.

• River Mole at Leatherhead and Fetcham, Surrey
  17 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 0.5 km
• River Mole and its tributaries from Kinnersley Manor to South Hersham, including Sidlow, Leigh, Betchworth, Brockham, Pixham, Dorking, Mickleham, Leatherhead, Fetcham, Stoke D'Abernon and Cobham
  150 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.2 km
• River Mole at Dorking and Mickleham, Surrey
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 3.6 km
• River Mole at Stoke D'Abernon, Cobham and South Hersham, Surrey
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.5 km
• River Mole at Brockham and Pixham, Surrey
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 7.1 km
• Pipp Brook at Wotton, Wescott and Dorking
  no warning on record since 2006 7.3 km
• River Hogsmill at Ewell including Stoneleigh, Green Lane Stream at Epsom and Horton Stream at West Ewell
  no warning on record since 2006 7.8 km
• River Rythe from Oxshott to Thames Ditton, including Long Ditton, Hinchley Wood, Claygate and Esher
  27 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jul 2025 8.8 km
• River Rythe from Oxshott to the Thames at Thames Ditton, including Arbrook Common, Claygate, Littleworth Common and Hinchley Wood
  no warning on record since 2006 8.8 km

Recorded floods near Fetcham

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

• 23 Dec 2013 — BoxHill_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — Cobham_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — Cobham2_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — Cobham3_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — LeatherheadUS1_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — LeatherheadSTW_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — LeatherheadUS2_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — Mickleham_Dec2013 Main river
• 23 Dec 2013 — LeatherheadDS1_Dec2013 Main river
• 1 Jan 2003 — 06JanuaryNewYear2003 Main river
• 23 Dec 2002 — 06JanuaryNewYear2003 Main river
• 31 Oct 2000 — 06DecemberWinter2000 Main river

…and 2 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Fetcham

Fetcham gets about 734 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 84 mm; driest March, 46 mm). That is 37% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (0.8 km away), recorded 2.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 70.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Fetcham

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

High likelihood (12)

Medium likelihood (4)

Low likelihood (7)

Very low likelihood (1)

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.