Finding at risk areas for flooding

going2die_rich

With all of the pictures in the news of the flooding, I wondered if their was a way of checking a a property area to see if it was at risk of being flooded and whether there is a way to check if it had been flooded in the recent years? Some sort of website that you can check for free perhaps? With preference of post code searches rather than entire regional areas.

rosysparkle

You can do a postcode search on the environment agency website: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ You will get a map with coloured overlays showing flood risk areas within the postcode are that you enter.

Dead_Eye_Jones

At the present time, you could just go look at it... !

epz_2

if its a coastal area this is a cool google hack that shows the effect on sealevels http://flood.firetree.net/

really you just need to look at a ordinance survey maps and check proximity to water and if its in a very flat area or the lowest point in the area.

i would avoid newbuilds on river flood plains as they often have problems up here and affect the the drainage in unexpected ways.

Debt_Free_Chick

Many new builds are on flood plains - but bear in mind that flood defences will almost certainly have been put in place, which ought to reduce the risk of flooding.

Problem with this recent weather is that there are many flooded ares which wouldn't normally flood - as well as "the usual suspects" - and flooding this time of the year is very unusual, too.

Vast parts of Sussex (Lewes, in particular) flooded in October 2000, but have completely escaped this time around.

It just seems that anywhere could be a flood victim, in unusual circumstances

pboae

Flood defences might protect the properties on the flood plains, but the water still has to go somewhere. As epz says it can have unexpected effects, including causing floods in areas that haven't previously flooded, because the water which used to be dispersed into the flood plains is now carrying on down stream.

pinkkaz

rosysparkle wrote: »

You can do a postcode search on the environment agency website: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ You will get a map with coloured overlays showing flood risk areas within the postcode that enter.

Wow that link is amazing - I've just spent ages on there!