Does Framlingham flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 28 postcodes in Framlingham 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 147 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 Framlingham

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Framlingham watch River Ore, River Deben, River Alde.

• Framlingham
  River Ore · 1.2 km away 0.13 m
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Brandeston
  River Deben · 5.4 km away 0.34 m
  normal range · 24 min ago
• Farnham
  River Alde · 8.2 km away 0.13 m
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Framlingham'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 Framlingham

5 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Framlingham. The EA has issued 193 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 15 Feb 2026.

• The Thorpeness Hundred River from Saxmundham to Aldringham, and the River Ore from Framlingham to Blaxhall
  53 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 4.3 km
• The River Ore from Framlingham to Blaxhall, including Parham, Hacheston and Marlesford
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.9 km
• The River Deben from Debenham, to and including Bromeswell, and the River Lark from Clopton to Martlesham
  136 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 6.2 km
• The River Deben from downstream of Cretingham to Ufford, including Letheringham, Easton and Wickham Market
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.2 km
• The River Deben, from Debenham to Cretingham
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 8.3 km

Recorded floods near Framlingham

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Framlingham, 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 Dec 2013 — 2013 Flood Outline Sea
• 12 Jan 1968 — 1968 September Flood Outline Main river
• 31 Jan 1953 — 1953 Coast Flood Outline Suffolk Sea

Rainfall near Framlingham

Framlingham gets about 659 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 71 mm; driest April, 40 mm). That is 43% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.0 km from the place centre.

At-risk postcodes in Framlingham

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

High likelihood (8)

Medium likelihood (5)

Low likelihood (15)

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.