Does Kington flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 23 postcodes in Kington 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 198 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 Kington

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Kington watch River Arrow, Arrow.

• Titley Mill
  River Arrow · 3.3 km away 0.16 m
  normal range · steady · 35 min ago
• Michaelchurch on Arrow River Station
  Arrow · 8.4 km away Sensor under review
  reading not shown

Distances are from the middle of Kington'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 Kington

2 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Kington. The EA has issued 13 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 14 Nov 2025.

• River Arrow at Kington
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 0.1 km
• River Arrow at Pembridge
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 7.9 km

Recorded floods near Kington

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

• 1 Apr 1947 — Lugg at Presteigne & Hindwell Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Eardisland to Stoke Prior April 1947 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — U/s of A44 April 1947 01 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Downfield Farm to The Forge Ap Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Curl Brook April 1947 01 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Mahollam Bridge to Kington April 1947 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Downfield Farm April 1947 01 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Kington April 1947 02 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — D/s from Kington April 1947 01 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — The Forge April 1947 01 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Burlingjobb to Kington April 1 Main river
• 1 Apr 1947 — Llanarrow Cottage to Mahollam Main river

…and 1 earlier recorded flood on the map.

Rainfall near Kington

Kington gets about 1,021 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 119 mm; driest July, 66 mm). That is close to the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.5 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.3 km away), recorded 6.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 53.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Kington

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

High likelihood (10)

Medium likelihood (6)

Low likelihood (7)

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.