Does Minehead flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 178 postcodes in Minehead 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 2,620 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 Minehead

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Minehead watch River Aller, Horner Water, Washford River, Hawkcombe Stream.

• Allerford
  River Aller · 6.6 km away -0.05 m
  below normal · 46 min ago
• West Luccombe
  Horner Water · 7.2 km away 0.23 m
  normal range · 1 h ago
• Luxborough
  Washford River · 8.4 km away 0.24 m
  normal range · 31 min ago
• Parsons Street
  Hawkcombe Stream · 8.5 km away 0.34 m
  well above typical high · steady · 31 min ago
• Beggearn Huish
  Washford River · 9.5 km away 0.31 m
  normal range · 46 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Minehead'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 Minehead

16 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Minehead. The EA has issued 936 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 25 Oct 2026.

• Glenmore Road to Stephenson Road and Mallard Road to the south including King George Road, Hayfield Road, Sandpiper Close, Plover Close, Puffin Close, Teal Road, Wigeon Close and other properties in the Marsh Common and Seaward Way areas
  no warning on record since 2006 1.4 km
• Coastline between Quay West and The Warren extending to Mart Road Industrial Estate and the West Somerset Railway to the south. Including Butlins and the Golf Course to the east and properties on Blenheim Road, The Esplanade, Ponsford Road and Brunel Way
  no warning on record since 2006 1.6 km
• Coastline between Quay West and The Warren including seafront properties on Culvercliffe Court, Quay West and Quay Street
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 1.6 km
• Lower Marsh area including The Old Manor and Lower Marsh Farm
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 2.6 km
• Coastline between The Warren and Sea Lane End including Dunster Beach Chalets
  31 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 2.7 km
• Home Farm Cottages and Hoburne Caravan Site
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2020 4.6 km
• Coastline between Sea Lane End and Blue Anchor Hotel including Blue Anchor Chalets, The Smugglers Hotel and other low lying properties on the seafront
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 5.1 km
• River Aller including Allerford and West Lynch
  16 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2024 5.7 km
• Horner Water including Horner, West Luccombe and Bossington
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2016 7.2 km
• Stokecroft to the coast path including properties on Parsons Street, the High Street from Sanctuary Cottage to Carslake, Sparkhayes Lane from Wychwood to Earlsdon and the Riverside area
  no warning on record since 2006 8.6 km
• The Stables to Hawkcombe Bank including properties at Hawk Combe, Huish Row, near the cemetery and The Watermill
  no warning on record since 2006 8.8 km
• Riverside properties from Kingsbridge to Lower Roadwater including riverside properties in Kingsbridge, New mill, Langridge Mills and riverside properties in upper Roadwater and lower Roadwater
  34 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 8.9 km

Recorded floods near Minehead

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

• 28 Oct 1996 — EA112_Coastal_Minehead_1996 Sea
• 9 Feb 1990 — EA112_Bratton Brook_Minehead Main river
• 9 Feb 1990 — EA112_Bratton Str_Parks_Walk Main river
• 13 Dec 1981 — EA112_Coastal_Minehead Sea
• 8 Oct 1960 — EA112_Wootton_Courtenay_1960 Main river

Rainfall near Minehead

Minehead gets about 905 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 112 mm; driest May, 51 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), 1.6 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.3 km away), recorded 4.5 mm in the last 24 hours and 73.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 31 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Minehead

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

High likelihood (131)

Medium likelihood (15)

Low likelihood (24)

Very low likelihood (8)

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.