Calne Flood Risk
Calne has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.4% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.2 km away.
Calne has 19,965 residents and 9,233 homes. Ranked 2483 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Calne Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Calne, 0.2 km from the centre of Calne, at Calne. Its typical range is 0.04 m to 0.477 m, and the highest level on record is 1.282 m, reached on 23 September 2024.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Calne Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 5 recorded flood outlines covering Calne, the most recent dated 1 December 1989.
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 Calne's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
0.6% of postcodes in Calne 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 0.4% 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 Calne?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Calne. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SN11 | 533 | High | 1,250 |
What Else Is Near Calne?
Other places on the River Marden, nearest to Calne first.