Does Margate flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 69 postcodes in Margate 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 832 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.

Flood warning areas near Margate

3 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Margate.

• Areas at risk of coastal flooding in Margate, from Westgate-on-Sea to Foreness Point 0.1 km
• Areas at risk of coastal flooding from Dumpton to Pegwell including Ramsgate 7.2 km
• Areas at risk of coastal flooding from North Stonar to Pegwell, including Richborough Port, Stonelees, Sandwich Road and Pegwell Bay 8.4 km

Recorded floods near Margate

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Margate, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 19 Sep 1980 — 073DASW_SEPT1980_Isle of Thanet_Westgate on Sea Other
• 31 Jan 1953 — 073DAA900_FEB1953_North Sea_Margate Sea

At-risk postcodes in Margate

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

High likelihood (9)

Medium likelihood (32)

Low likelihood (25)

Very low likelihood (3)

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.