Bury St Edmunds Flood Risk
Bury St Edmunds has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 2.8 km away.
Bury St Edmunds has 41,316 residents and 20,709 homes. Ranked 1888 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Bury St Edmunds Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Fornham St Martin, 2.8 km from the centre of Bury St Edmunds, at Fornham St Martin. Its typical range is 0.081 m to 0.393 m, and the highest level on record is 1.093 m, reached on 10 February 2009.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Bury St Edmunds Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 13 recorded flood outlines covering Bury St Edmunds, the most recent dated 31 December 1968.
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 Bury St Edmunds's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
1.4% of postcodes in Bury St Edmunds 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% 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.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Bury St Edmunds?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Bury St Edmunds. 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 district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP33 | 649 | High | 4,124 |
| IP32 | 434 | High | 1,723 |
| IP30 | 5 | High | 20 |
| IP29 | 3 | Low | 1 |
| IP31 | 2 | Medium | not published for this district |
What Else Is Near Bury St Edmunds?
Other places on the River Lark, nearest to Bury St Edmunds first.