Bishop's Cleeve Flood Risk

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 943 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Bishop's Cleeve has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 2.7 km away.

Bishop's Cleeve has 15,566 residents and 7,875 homes. Ranked 2966 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Bishop's Cleeve Right Now?

-0.017 m within its typical range

Gauge: Tewkesbury Woolstone, Gotherington
Distance: 2.7 km from the centre of Bishop's Cleeve
Typical range: 0.05 m to 1.5 m
Reading taken: 20 Sept, 14:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.715 m , reached on 28 March 2024.

This river has too few gauges for its own page

When Has Bishop's Cleeve Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 3 recorded flood outlines covering Bishop's Cleeve, the most recent dated 24 July 2007.

Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.

What Does Bishop's Cleeve's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Bishop's Cleeve sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.

The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 0.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Bishop's Cleeve?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Bishop's Cleeve. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Bishop's Cleeve, with the flood risk band shared by most of each district's postcodes. A district can span more than one local area, so its band is a summary and not a property-level answer.
Postcode district	Postcodes here	Rivers and sea band	Surface water addresses
GL52	379	Low	943
GL50	1	Low	not published for this district

What Else Is Near Bishop's Cleeve?

Gloucestershire flood risk Every town ranked in this county
Flood risk in England How this nation classifies flood risk, and its gaps
What each flood risk level means The annual chance behind each band word