Does Sturry flood?

Flood warnings in force near Sturry

• Flood alert — Coast from Whitstable to Margate
  Flooding is possible from 09:45 to 13:45 on Monday 26/10/2026 9.0 km

From the Environment Agency (England). Always check the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

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

Ordnance Survey places 20 postcodes in Sturry 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 151 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 Sturry

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Sturry watch Great Stour, Little Stour, Nailbourne, Swalecliffe Brook, West Brook.

• Fordwich River Level
  Great Stour · 0.6 km away 2.03 mAOD
  normal range · rising · 28 min ago
• Vauxhall Bridge
  Great Stour · 1.1 km away 0.48 m
  normal range · 28 min ago
• West Gate Gardens
  Great Stour · 3.9 km away 0.39 m
  normal range · 28 min ago
• Littlebourne
  Little Stour · 4.3 km away 0.00 m
  normal range · falling · 28 min ago
• Bekesbourne
  Nailbourne · 4.8 km away 0.77 m
  normal range · steady · 28 min ago
• GroveFerry
  Great Stour · 6.5 km away 2.10 mAOD
  normal range · rising · 28 min ago
• Grasmere Road
  Swalecliffe Brook · 7.3 km away 8.23 mAOD
  normal range · steady · 28 min ago
• Whitstable Road
  West Brook · 7.4 km away 3.58 mAOD
  above typical high · rising · 28 min ago
• Horton weir Structure
  Great Stour · 7.8 km away 0.32 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 28 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Sturry'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 Sturry

17 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Sturry. The EA has issued 207 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• Great Stour at Fordwich and Sturry
  no warning on record since 2006 0.2 km
• Great Stour at Canterbury
  no warning on record since 2006 2.7 km
• Little Stour at Littlebourne, Ickham and Wickhambreaux including Deerson Valley, Newnham Valley and Preston Valley
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Mar 2020 5.6 km
• Communities on the Nailbourne, Little Stour and River Wingham, including Lyminge, Elham, Barham, Bridge, Bekesbourne, Littlebourne, Ickham, Wickhambreaux and Wingham
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 5.8 km
• River Stour at Grove Ferry and Plucks Gutter
  11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2024 6.7 km
• Plenty Brook from Eddington to the sea, including Herne Bay, the Swalecliffe Brook from near Court Lees to the sea, including Chestfield and Swalecliffe and the West Brook from the railway line to the sea including Studd Hill and Hampton
  45 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 7.0 km
• Swalecliffe Brook, between Honey Hill and Swalecliffe
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2021 7.1 km
• West Brook, from Frogs Island Farm to Hampton
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2021 7.3 km
• Plenty Brook at Herne Bay including Eddington
  no warning on record since 2006 7.5 km
• Great Stour from Shalmsford Street to Thanington including Chartham
  no warning on record since 2006 8.0 km
• Areas at risk of coastal flooding from Whitstable to Herne Bay, including Tankerton, Swalecliffe, Studd Hill and Hampton
  no warning on record since 2006 8.2 km
• Gorrell Stream at Whitstable
  no warning on record since 2006 8.7 km

Recorded floods near Sturry

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

• 11 Feb 2001 — 07309A400FEO_Little_Stour_Nailbourne Main river
• 11 Feb 2001 — 07309A200FEO_Middle_Stour Main river
• 11 Feb 2001 — 07309A100FEO_Lower_Stour Main river
• 5 Nov 2000 — 07309A200_NOV2000_Middle_Stour Main river
• 5 Nov 2000 — 07309B700_NOV2000_Stour_Swalecliffe Main river
• 5 Nov 2000 — 07309A400_NOV2000_Little_Stour_Nailbourne Main river
• 5 Nov 2000 — 07309A100_NOV2000_Lower_Stour Main river
• 5 Nov 2000 — 07309A200_NOV2000_Middle_Stour2 Main river
• 1 Feb 1953 — 07309A600A620_FEB1953_Wantsum Sea

Rainfall near Sturry

Sturry gets about 646 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 74 mm; driest March, 39 mm). That is 44% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.3 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.0 km away), recorded 1.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 48.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Sturry

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

High likelihood (16)

Medium likelihood (2)

Low likelihood (2)

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.