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Does Kempsey flood?

Worcestershire
24postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
7river gauges within 10 km
8years with a mapped flood record within 5 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Kempsey

Ordnance Survey places 24 postcodes in Kempsey 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 378 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High1214389
Medium22622
Low10200181
Very low095
All bands24378297

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 Kempsey

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Kempsey watch River Severn, River Teme, Barbourne Brook, Bow Brook.

Distances are from the middle of Kempsey'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.

The watercourse nearest Kempsey

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Hatfield Brook, about 70 m from the middle of Kempsey's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Afon Hafren (River Severn) about 620 m downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Hatfield Brook nearest the middle of Kempsey's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Kempsey

25 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Kempsey. The EA has issued 608 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 2 Mar 2026.

Recorded floods near Kempsey

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

…and 33 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Kempsey

Kempsey gets about 713 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 76 mm; driest March, 48 mm). That is 39% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (9.5 km away), recorded 4.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 55.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 26 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Kempsey

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

High likelihood (12)

WR5 3JFWR5 3JHWR5 3JLWR5 3JNWR5 3JPWR5 3JQWR5 3JSWR5 3JTWR5 3JUWR5 3JXWR5 3JZWR5 3LP

Medium likelihood (2)

WR5 3JGWR5 3JY

Low likelihood (10)

WR5 3FLWR5 3JAWR5 3JBWR5 3JDWR5 3JEWR5 3JRWR5 3NAWR5 3NSWR5 3NTWR5 3QX

Postcode districts

WR5 · 24

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.

Flood-risk bands: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.

Recorded Flood Outlines, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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