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Does Woodford flood?

Greater London
86postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
21years 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 Woodford

Ordnance Survey places 86 postcodes in Woodford 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 1,903 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High441
Medium34652532
Low481,2291,150
Very low01818
All bands861,9031,701

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 Woodford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Woodford watch Ching Brook, River Roding, Loxford Water, River Lee, Salmon Brook, Pymmes Brook, River Rom, Small River Lee.

Distances are from the middle of Woodford'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 Woodford

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Roding, about 330 m from the middle of Woodford's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Thames (Buzzards Mouth Sewer) about 13 km downstream.

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 the River Roding nearest the middle of Woodford'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 Woodford

21 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Woodford. The EA has issued 138 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 16 Feb 2026.

Recorded floods near Woodford

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Woodford, 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 15 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Woodford

Woodford gets about 662 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest March, 39 mm). That is 43% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.0 km away), recorded 477.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 521.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Woodford

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

High likelihood (4)

E4 6JAIG8 8DWIG8 8PEIG8 9RE

Medium likelihood (34)

E18 1ERE18 1ETE18 1HAE18 1HBE18 1HUE18 1HXE18 1HYIG8 7AAIG8 7ABIG8 7ADIG8 7BDIG8 7BEIG8 7JJIG8 7JLIG8 7JQIG8 7JWIG8 7LJIG8 7LNIG8 7LPIG8 7LRIG8 7LSIG8 7LWIG8 7PJIG8 8AAIG8 8BUIG8 8DNIG8 8EBIG8 8HUIG8 8PAIG8 8PBIG8 8PDIG8 8PLIG8 8PNIG8 8PP

Low likelihood (48)

E18 1DWE18 1FAE18 1FBE18 1FFE18 1NJE18 1NNE4 6JBE4 6JFIG8 0AGIG8 0JLIG8 0JPIG8 0JQIG8 0LPIG8 0LTIG8 0LWIG8 0NWIG8 7BAIG8 7BBIG8 7BFIG8 7BGIG8 7BHIG8 7BJIG8 7BLIG8 7BNIG8 7BQIG8 7JPIG8 7JRIG8 7JSIG8 7LDIG8 7LEIG8 7LFIG8 7LLIG8 7PLIG8 8EPIG8 8EYIG8 8FLIG8 8JPIG8 8JRIG8 8LUIG8 8LXIG8 8PFIG8 8PHIG8 8PTIG8 8QDIG8 8QEIG8 8QFIG8 8QGIG8 8QQ

Postcode districts

E4 · 3E18 · 13IG8 · 70

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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