Does Sutterton flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 49 postcodes in Sutterton 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 1,014 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 Sutterton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Sutterton watch River Glen.

• Fosdyke Bridge Tidal
  Tide · 4.7 km away 3.00 m
  rises and falls with the tide · 24 min ago
• Surfleet Sluice Structure
  River Glen · 6.3 km away 0.85 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 24 min ago
• Hobhole Sluice Tidal Structure
  Tide · 9.1 km away 2.93 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 24 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Sutterton'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 Sutterton

17 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Sutterton. The EA has issued 83 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 7 Feb 2026.

• Tidal flooding from the Left Bank of the River Welland in Surfleet Seas End, Sutterton Dowdyke and Fosdyke
  no warning on record since 2006 3.2 km
• Isolated properties and villages in wider low lying areas east of the South Forty Foot Drain and minor tributaries from Bourne to Boston
  26 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 4.7 km
• Tidal flooding in areas to the south of Boston, including Chain Bridge, Wyberton, Frampton and Skeldyke
  no warning on record since 2006 4.8 km
• Far extent of tidal flooding from the Wash between Gibraltar point and Admiralty Point and the Tidal River Witham, the Tidal River Welland and the Tidal River Nene
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2007 5.1 km
• Fulney to Fosdyke Bridge including Wykeham, Wragg Marsh, Spalding Marsh, Surfleet Marsh and Moutlon Marsh
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 5.5 km
• River Glen at Surfleet Reservoir during high tide periods
  24 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 6.4 km
• Wyberton Marsh to Kirton Marsh including Silt Pit Lane, Wyberton Road and Frampton Roads
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 7.2 km
• Area at risk from the furthest extent of tidal flooding from Holland Fen to Northgate, including Swineshead, Kirton, Donington and Gosberton
  no warning on record since 2006 7.8 km
• Tidal flooding to the South of the South Forty Foot Drain and the Tidal Witham in Boston and surrounding areas
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2013 8.0 km
• Properties at risk from the South Forty Foot Drain around Wyberton West Road and Park Road within Boston
  no warning on record since 2006 8.1 km
• Tidal flooding from the Right Bank of the River Welland in parts of Spalding, Low Fulney and Moulton Common
  no warning on record since 2006 8.3 km
• Wider waterside properties between Grand Sluice and the Docks in Boston, including Irby Street, Witham Place, Wormgate, High Street, South Terrace and London Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 9.0 km

Recorded floods near Sutterton

None mapped within ~5 km of Sutterton.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Sutterton means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. Open the recorded-floods map →

Rainfall near Sutterton

Sutterton gets about 578 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month August, 60 mm; driest March, 33 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), 2.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.2 km away), recorded 3.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 34.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Sutterton

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

Medium likelihood (29)

Low likelihood (20)

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.