Fakenham Flood Risk
Fakenham has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.9 km away.
Fakenham has 8,246 residents and 4,646 homes. Ranked 3051 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Fakenham Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Fakenham, 0.9 km from the centre of Fakenham, at Fakenham. Its typical range is 0.091 m to 0.64 m, and the highest level on record is 0.807 m, reached on 16 January 2020.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
What Does Fakenham's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
0% of postcodes in Fakenham 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% 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 Fakenham?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Fakenham. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR21 | 301 | Low | 221 |
What Else Is Near Fakenham?
Other places on the River Wensum, nearest to Fakenham first.