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Does North Petherton flood?

Somerset
20postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
10river gauges within 10 km
2tidal gauges within 10 km
17years 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 North Petherton

Ordnance Survey places 20 postcodes in North Petherton 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 124 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High125148
Medium23331
Low64033
Very low000
All bands20124112

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 North Petherton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of North Petherton watch Northmoor Main Drain, River Parrett, Saltmoor Main Drain, River Tone, Currymoor Drain, Cannington Brook, Kings Sedgemoor Drain, Old River Tone.

Distances are from the middle of North Petherton'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 North Petherton

The nearest watercourse on the river map is an unnamed stream, about 20 m from the middle of North Petherton's at-risk postcodes.

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 an unnamed stream nearest the middle of North Petherton'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 North Petherton

18 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of North Petherton. The EA has issued 338 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 15 Mar 2026.

Recorded floods near North Petherton

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of North Petherton, 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 77 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near North Petherton

North Petherton gets about 824 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 94 mm; driest May, 55 mm). That is 29% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.5 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.9 km away), recorded 4.5 mm in the last 24 hours and 69.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 34 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in North Petherton

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

High likelihood (12)

TA6 6LXTA6 6NQTA6 6NZTA6 6PUTA6 6QETA6 6QJTA6 6QLTA6 6QWTA6 6SDTA6 6SETA6 6SXTA6 6SY

Medium likelihood (2)

TA6 6LYTA6 6SZ

Low likelihood (6)

TA6 6DBTA6 6QDTA6 6QXTA6 6RZTA6 6SBTA6 6TG

Postcode districts

TA6 · 20

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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