Does Hythe flood?

Flood warnings in force near Hythe

• Flood alert — Mansbridge and Riverside Park
  Flooding is possible on 28/10/2026 for 1 8.0 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 Hythe

Ordnance Survey places 64 postcodes in Hythe 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 668 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 Hythe

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Hythe watch Beaulieu River, Tanners Brook, Bartley Water, River Itchen, River Hamble.

• Woolston Tidal
  Tide · 2.6 km away 0.34 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Hartford Tidal
  Beaulieu River · 5.9 km away 1.39 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Beaulieu Tidal Structure
  Tide · 6.5 km away 0.30 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Millbrook
  Tanners Brook · 6.6 km away 0.13 m
  normal range · just past its peak · 39 min ago
• Hamble Tidal
  Tide · 6.9 km away 0.36 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Shirley Pond
  Tanners Brook · 7.1 km away 13.42 mAOD
  normal range · just past its peak · 39 min ago
• Eling Tidal
  Bartley Water · 7.5 km away 0.31 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Eling Tidal
  Tide · 7.5 km away 0.36 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Riverside Park
  River Itchen · 7.9 km away No recent reading
  last reported 27 Oct 2026 07:15
• Totton Tidal
  Bartley Water · 8.1 km away 0.68 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 39 min ago
• Hobb Lane
  River Hamble · 8.9 km away 20.67 mAOD
  normal range · falling · 39 min ago
• Ashurst Bridge
  Bartley Water · 9.1 km away 4.00 mAOD
  normal range · rising · 39 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Hythe'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 Hythe

17 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Hythe. The EA has issued 387 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• Coast at Ocean Village, Southampton
  no warning on record since 2006 3.0 km
• Coast at Fawley, including Fawley Power Station and Oil Refinery
  no warning on record since 2006 5.5 km
• Tidal areas of the Itchen estuary, including Northam, Millbank, and Crosshouse
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 5.9 km
• Beaulieu River from Hartford Bridge to Beaulieu
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.3 km
• Coast around Southampton Water including Calshot, Lepe and the Hamble Estuary
  73 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 6.9 km
• Tidal areas of the Hamble estuary, including Hamble, Bursledon, and Warsash
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 7.1 km
• Lord's Hill, Lordswood, Coxford, Shirley Park, Shirley Warren and Millbrook on the Tanners Brook
  no warning on record since 2006 7.3 km
• Tanners Brook from Lords Hill to the Test estuary including Holly Brook
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 7.3 km
• Gaters Mill, Mansbridge, and Woodmill on the River Itchen
  33 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 8.0 km
• River Itchen Mansbridge and Riverside Park
  112 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 8.0 km
• Coast at Calshot, Lepe, Hythe, Marchwood, Eling and Redbridge
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 8.5 km
• Woodhouse Gulley, Wildern Stream, Marls Road Tributary and Hedge End Stream from Wildern and Hedge End to Botley
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 9.0 km

Recorded floods near Hythe

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

• 10 Mar 2008 — 10/03/2008 Prospect Place Sea
• 10 Mar 2008 — 10/03/2008 The Promenade Sea
• 10 Mar 2008 — 10/03/2008 Magazine Lane Sea
• 10 Mar 2008 — 10/03/2008 Cracknore Hard Stream Tidal Sea
• 1 Nov 2000 — Winter 2000/01g_Cracknore Hard St_Marchwood
• 1 Nov 2000 — Winter 2000/01g_Hythe Centre w/c_Hythe(3) River
• 1 Nov 2000 — Winter 2000/01g_Hythe Centre w/c_Hythe(2) River
• 1 Nov 2000 — Winter 2000/01g_Hythe Centre w/c_Hythe(1) River
• 30 Oct 2000 — 30/10/2000_Cracknore Hard_Marchwood River
• 24 Dec 1999 — 24/12/1999_Beaulieu River_Beaulieu(1) Main river
• 24 Dec 1999 — 24/12/1999_Lower Itchen (tidal)_Northam(1) Tidal

Rainfall near Hythe

Hythe gets about 903 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 118 mm; driest July, 49 mm). That is 22% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 0.5 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (11.2 km away), recorded 19.1 mm in the last 24 hours and 98.1 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 54 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Hythe

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Hythe 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 (6)

Low likelihood (21)

Very low likelihood (10)

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.