Ealing Flood Risk

Ealing has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.6% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.7 km away.

Ealing has 366,076 residents and 147,551 homes. Ranked 2307 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Ealing Right Now?

0.114 m within its typical range
Gauge
Greenford, Costons Lane, Greenford
Distance
1.7 km from the centre of Ealing
Typical range
0.127 m to 1.105 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 1.752 m , reached on 23 September 1992.

All gauges on this river

When Has Ealing Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 4 recorded flood outlines covering Ealing, 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 Ealing's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.9% of postcodes in Ealing 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 0.6% 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 Ealing?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Ealing. 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 Ealing, 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
W3 1,075 Low 5,824
W5 925 Low 4,523
UB6 799 Low 3,934
UB5 758 Low 3,618
UB1 579 Low 2,793
W13 566 Low 2,656
W7 489 Low 2,076
UB2 419 Low 3,367
W4 243 Low 1,819
NW10 172 Low 640
HA0 20 High 104
W12 7 Low 49
UB4 6 High 12

What Else Is Near Ealing?

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