Camberley Flood Risk
Camberley has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 3 km away.
Camberley has 37,287 residents and 15,989 homes. Ranked 2393 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Camberley Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Blackwater Bridge, 3 km from the centre of Camberley, at Blackwater. Its typical range is 1.046 m to 2 m, and the highest level on record is 2.62 m, reached on 5 January 1998.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Camberley Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 1 recorded flood outlines covering Camberley, the most recent dated 12 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 Camberley's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
0.6% of postcodes in Camberley 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 0.5% 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 Camberley?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Camberley. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GU15 | 811 | Low | 1,202 |
| GU16 | 44 | Low | 71 |
| GU47 | 1 | Low | 1 |
What Else Is Near Camberley?
Other places on the River Blackwater, nearest to Camberley first.