Flood Risk In Gloucestershire

2.3% of homes in Gloucestershire are in a Medium or High flood risk band, across 310,474 dwellings. It ranks 6 of 21 English counties.

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 38,819 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 6 districts: 3,493 homes at High, 3,716 at Medium, 5,355 at Low and 1,691 at Very Low — summing to the 14,255 homes at risk this page opens with.

Towns In Gloucestershire, Ranked By Flood Risk

1 Gloucester Medium 4.7% of homes at Medium or High
2 Cirencester Low 4.5% of homes at Medium or High
3 Lydney Low 3.4% of homes at Medium or High
4 Tewkesbury Low 3.2% of homes at Medium or High
5 Dursley High 2.1% of homes at Medium or High
6 Stroud High 1.3% of homes at Medium or High
7 Chalford High 1.3% of homes at Medium or High
8 Newent High 1.2% of homes at Medium or High
9 Wotton-under-Edge Low 1.2% of homes at Medium or High
10 Cheltenham Low 1% of homes at Medium or High
11 Stonehouse (Stroud) High 0.8% of homes at Medium or High
12 Cinderford High 0.5% of homes at Medium or High
13 Quedgeley and Hardwicke Low 0.4% of homes at Medium or High
14 Nailsworth Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
15 Tetbury High 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
16 Brockworth Medium 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
17 Cam Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
18 Bishop's Cleeve Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
19 Innsworth Low 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 Gloucestershire?

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 Severn levels 22 gauging stations on this river
River Avon levels 11 gauging stations on this river
Horsbere Brook levels 5 gauging stations on this river
River Chelt levels 5 gauging stations on this river
River Frome (Severn) levels 4 gauging stations on this river
River Twyver levels 4 gauging stations on this river
Slad Brook levels 3 gauging stations on this river
Daniels Brook levels 2 gauging stations on this river
Dimore Brook levels 2 gauging stations on this river
Hatherley Brook levels 2 gauging stations on this river
River Cam levels 2 gauging stations on this river
River Lyd levels 2 gauging stations on this river

How Does Gloucestershire Compare With Other English Counties?

Gloucestershire ranks 6 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