Flood Risk In Cambridgeshire

6% of homes in Cambridgeshire are in a Medium or High flood risk band, across 307,974 dwellings. It ranks 2 of 21 English counties.

Rivers and the sea Medium a 1% to 3.3% chance in any year

Surface water 47,287 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

The county band is the aggregate of its 5 districts: 4,169 homes at High, 14,447 at Medium, 12,020 at Low and 1,175 at Very Low — summing to the 31,811 homes at risk this page opens with.

Towns In Cambridgeshire, Ranked By Flood Risk

1 Wisbech Medium 43% of homes at Medium or High
2 St Ives (Huntingdonshire) High 11.3% of homes at Medium or High
3 Ramsey Medium 11.1% of homes at Medium or High
4 Sawston High 8.6% of homes at Medium or High
5 March Medium 7.4% of homes at Medium or High
6 Brampton (Huntingdonshire) Low 5.8% of homes at Medium or High
7 Littleport Medium 5.1% of homes at Medium or High
8 Whittlesey High 4.2% of homes at Medium or High
9 St Neots Low 3.4% of homes at Medium or High
10 Chatteris Medium 3.1% of homes at Medium or High
11 Cambridge (Cambridge) Low 1.4% of homes at Medium or High
12 Soham High 1.2% of homes at Medium or High
13 Huntingdon Low 1.1% of homes at Medium or High
14 Great Shelford and Stapleford High 1% of homes at Medium or High
15 Waterbeach Low 1% of homes at Medium or High
16 Godmanchester Low 0.5% of homes at Medium or High
17 Yaxley (Huntingdonshire) Medium 0.5% of homes at Medium or High
18 Sawtry Low 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
19 Cottenham High 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
20 Ely Medium 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
21 Histon and Impington Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
22 Burwell Very low 0% of homes at Medium or High
23 Cambourne Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High

Ranked within England only. Each town's figure counts its own homes, so the shares are comparable with each other but not with towns in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Which Rivers Run Through Cambridgeshire?

Rivers with a gauged station in one of the towns ranked above. Each river page carries every gauge on it and the live level at each.

River Great Ouse levels 31 gauging stations on this river
River Nene levels 16 gauging stations on this river

How Does Cambridgeshire Compare With Other English Counties?

Cambridgeshire ranks 2 of 21 English counties for the share of homes in a Medium or High flood risk band. That is above the median county, at 1.8%. The comparison covers the 21 shire counties only — the 132 unitary authorities, including Bristol, York and Sheffield, have no county above them and so take no rank here.

A county figure is an aggregate of its districts, and districts differ sharply: a fenland district and an upland one in the same county can sit at opposite ends of the national ranking. Compare the towns above rather than the county total where it matters.

Share of homes in a Medium or High band, from the Environment Agency's national assessment. The method · The national picture