Hereford Flood Risk
Hereford has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 3.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.4 km away.
Hereford has 61,174 residents and 29,987 homes. Ranked 1089 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Hereford Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Old Wye Bridge, 0.4 km from the centre of Hereford, at Hereford Bridge. Its typical range is 0.096 m to 3.3 m, and the highest level on record is 6.111 m, reached on 17 February 2020.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Hereford Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 2 recorded flood outlines covering Hereford, the most recent dated 4 December 1960.
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 Hereford's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
5.3% of postcodes in Hereford 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 3.1% 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 Hereford?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Hereford. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR1 | 555 | Low | 1,024 |
| HR2 | 509 | Low | 1,084 |
| HR4 | 436 | High | 1,533 |
What Else Is Near Hereford?
Other places on the River Wye, nearest to Hereford first.