Great Bookham and Fetcham Flood Risk

Great Bookham and Fetcham has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.3% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 2.8 km away.

Great Bookham and Fetcham has 21,183 residents and 9,460 homes. Ranked 1715 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Great Bookham and Fetcham Right Now?

0.973 m within its typical range
Gauge
Leatherhead, Leatherhead
Distance
2.8 km from the centre of Great Bookham and Fetcham
Typical range
1.006 m to 2.61 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 3.735 m , reached on 24 December 2013.

All gauges on this river

When Has Great Bookham and Fetcham Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 6 recorded flood outlines covering Great Bookham and Fetcham, the most recent dated 31 January 2014.

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 Great Bookham and Fetcham's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.2% of postcodes in Great Bookham and Fetcham 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 1.3% 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 Great Bookham and Fetcham?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Great Bookham and Fetcham. 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 Great Bookham and Fetcham, 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
KT23 360 Low 479
KT22 233 High 569
KT24 60 Low 28

What Else Is Near Great Bookham and Fetcham?

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