Frome Flood Risk
Frome has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.7% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.8 km away.
Frome has 28,821 residents and 13,737 homes. Ranked 2193 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Frome Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Frome Rodden, 0.8 km from the centre of Frome, at Frome Rodden. Its typical range is 0.364 m to 2.55 m, and the highest level on record is 3.27 m, reached on 13 December 2012.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Frome Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 8 recorded flood outlines covering Frome, the most recent dated 10 February 2009.
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 Frome's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
1.3% of postcodes in Frome 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 0.7% 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 Frome?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Frome. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA11 | 785 | Low | 1,183 |