Does Lawford flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 22 postcodes in Lawford 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 367 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 Lawford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Lawford watch River Stour.

• Langham
  River Stour · 8.4 km away 0.36 m
  normal range · 24 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Lawford'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 Lawford

4 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Lawford. The EA has issued 21 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 3 Nov 2023.

• The tidal River Stour at Manningtree, from the railway station to Kiln Lane at The Walls
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 0.3 km
• The tidal River Stour at Mistley, including the Quay and The Walls
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2022 1.3 km
• The River Stour upstream of Cattawade Barrage to Dedham, including Flatford
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2017 2.5 km
• The River Stour from Boxted to Dedham, including Stratford St Mary
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2023 7.1 km

Recorded floods near Lawford

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Lawford, 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
• 9 Jan 2009 — 2009 Flood Outline Main river
• 12 Jan 1968 — 1968 September Flood Outline Main river
• 1 Jun 1958 — 1958 Flood Outline Other
• 31 Jan 1953 — 1953 Coast Flood Outline Suffolk Sea
• 31 Jan 1953 — 1953 Coast Flood Outline Essex Sea
• 13 Feb 1947 — 1947 Flood Outline Main river

Rainfall near Lawford

Lawford gets about 581 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 60 mm; driest April, 36 mm). That is 50% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.5 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.9 km away), recorded 4.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 42.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Lawford

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

Very low likelihood (22)

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.