Does Winnersh flood?
What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Winnersh
Ordnance Survey places 30 postcodes in Winnersh 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 532 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.
| EA likelihood band | Postcodes (worst band) | Properties in the EA dataset | of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | 8 | 54 | 22 |
| Medium | 4 | 30 | 22 |
| Low | 18 | 448 | 190 |
| Very low | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All bands | 30 | 532 | 234 |
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 Winnersh
Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Winnersh watch River Loddon, River Thames, Emm Brook, River Kennet, The Cut, River Blackwater.
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Sindlesham Mill Structure
River Loddon · 1.3 km away 0.23 m
controlled by a sluice or weir · 25 min ago -
Sonning Lock Structure
River Thames · 4.7 km away 0.26 m
controlled by a sluice or weir · 25 min ago -
Arborfield Bridge
River Loddon · 4.9 km away 0.40 m
normal range · falling · 25 min ago -
Wokingham
Emm Brook · 4.9 km away 0.74 m
normal range · rising · 25 min ago -
Blakes Lock Structure
River Kennet · 5.3 km away 0.05 m
controlled by a sluice or weir · 25 min ago -
Twyford
River Loddon · 5.5 km away 1.39 m
normal range · 25 min ago -
Caversham Lock Structure
River Thames · 6.1 km away 0.23 m
controlled by a sluice or weir · 25 min ago -
Reading
River Thames · 6.4 km away 6.79 m
normal range · steady · 25 min ago -
Shiplake Lock Structure
River Thames · 7.3 km away 0.17 m
controlled by a sluice or weir · 25 min ago -
Binfield
The Cut · 7.7 km away 0.22 m
normal range · 25 min ago -
Swallowfield
River Blackwater · 7.9 km away 0.30 m
normal range · 25 min ago -
Swallowfield Side Channel Structure
River Blackwater · 7.9 km away 0.34 m
controlled by a sluice or weir · 25 min ago
Distances are from the middle of Winnersh'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 Winnersh
The nearest watercourse on the river map is an unnamed stream, about 460 m from the middle of Winnersh's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Loddon about 520 m downstream.
- Next gauge downstreamTwyford on the River Loddon, about 9.0 km along the river.
Normal · easing · 25 min ago
After that, Marsh Lock, about 15 km along the river. - Storm overflows18 storm overflows are traced upstream of Twyford on the river map. See them on its page.
- Nearest gauge upstreamNone on the river map within 30 km upstream.
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 Winnersh'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 Winnersh
23 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Winnersh. The EA has issued 456 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Feb 2026.
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River Loddon at Lower Earley and Sindlesham including Earley, Berkshire
4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 1.5 km -
River Loddon at Winnersh and Woodley including Whistley Green, Berkshire
4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 1.7 km -
Emm Brook at Wokingham including Hurst, Berkshire
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2023 3.5 km -
River Loddon at Arborfield and Shinfield, Berkshire
3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2014 4.1 km -
Lower River Loddon including Swallowfield, Arborfield, Shinfield, Barkham, Lower Earley, Sindlesham, Winnersh, Woodley, Hurst and Waltham St Lawrence
83 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 4.1 km -
Emm Brook and Queen's Brook including Wokingham and parts of Crowthorne and Finchampstead
68 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.0 km -
River Thames in the Playhatch, Sonning and Sonning Eye area
4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 5.5 km -
River Loddon at Twyford, Charvil and Wargrave including Loddon Drive, Berkshire
11 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2024 5.8 km -
Lower River Loddon at the River Thames confluence including Twyford, Charvil and Wargrave including Loddon Drive
67 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.8 km -
River Thames at Reading and Caversham including the Portman Road and Richfield Avenue industrial estates, Caversham Road area of Reading and the Lower Caversham area
1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2012 6.1 km -
River Thames from Mapledurham to Sonning, including Mapledurham, Reading, Caversham, Playhatch and Sonning
47 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 6.5 km -
River Loddon and River Blackwater at Swallowfield including Swallowfield Park, Berkshire
7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.2 km
Recorded floods near Winnersh
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Winnersh, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →
- 23 Nov 2013 — Winter 2013/2014 Other
- 9 Feb 2009 — 9th Feb 2009 Loddon Bridge Main river
- 20 Jul 2007 — Thames SE area July 2007 Main river
- 19 Jul 2007 — Shiplake CP_Fluvial Water Main river
- 19 Jul 2007 — Eye and Dunsden CP_Fluvial Water Main river
- 23 Dec 2002 — 06JanuaryNewYear2003 Main river
- 1 Jan 2000 — 06DecemberWinter2000 Main river
- 1 Jan 1992 — 06SeptemberAutumn1992 Main river
- 1 Jan 1991 — 06FebruaryWinter1991 Main river
- 1 Jan 1990 — 06FebruaryWinter1990 Main river
Rainfall near Winnersh
Winnersh gets about 655 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 74 mm; driest March, 41 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), 1.1 km from the place centre.
The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.7 km away), recorded 3.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 67.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 25 min ago).
At-risk postcodes in Winnersh
Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Winnersh that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.
High likelihood (8)
Medium likelihood (4)
Low likelihood (18)
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.
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.