Faringdon Flood Risk

Faringdon has no mapped rivers-and-sea flood risk: neither the national risk assessment nor the planning Flood Zone map covers it. That is not a statement that Faringdon cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 4.4 km away.

Faringdon has 8,201 residents and 4,005 homes. Ranked equal 3078 of 7,114 — the places where the national risk assessment maps no rivers-and-sea exposure for any home, so the position is a tie rather than a low score.

What Is The River Level Near Faringdon Right Now?

1.583 m above its typical range
Gauge
Grafton Lock, Eaton Hastings
Distance
4.4 km from the centre of Faringdon
Typical range
0 m to 0.38 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 1.11 m , reached on 22 July 2007.

All gauges on this river

What Does Faringdon's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Faringdon 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 not mapped here, which means the national assessment finds no rivers-and-sea exposure for Faringdon's homes rather than a low amount of it. That is a statement about rivers and the sea only: surface water flooding is not included, and it is the larger source nationally.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Faringdon?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Faringdon. 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 Faringdon, 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
SN7 230 High 366

What Else Is Near Faringdon?

Other places on the River Thames, nearest to Faringdon first.