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Brent Flood Risk

Brent has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.7% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.7 km away.

Brent has 340,429 residents and 135,991 homes. Ranked 1491 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Brent Right Now?

0.055 m within its typical range
Gauge
Brent, Monks Park, Willesden
Distance
0.7 km from the centre of Brent
Typical range
0.049 m to 1.8 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 2.564 m , reached on 23 September 1992.

All gauges on this river

When Has Brent Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 3 recorded flood outlines covering Brent, the most recent dated 12 December 1977.

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 Brent's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.9% of postcodes in Brent 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 1.7% 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 Brent?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Brent. 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, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Brent, 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
NW10 1,552 High 8,585
HA9 966 Low 5,984
HA0 790 High 4,236
NW2 779 High 3,339
NW9 628 High 3,389
NW6 515 High 5,575
HA3 275 High 1,065
HA8 57 High 252
HA1 40 High 252
W10 22 High 202
W9 7 High 22
HA7 4 High 24
UB6 2 High 54
NW8 1 High 18

What Else Is Near Brent?

Other places on the River Brent, nearest to Brent first.