Highworth Flood Risk

Highworth 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 Highworth cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 4.3 km away.

Highworth has 7,700 residents and 3,764 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 Highworth Right Now?

1.958 m within its typical range
Gauge
Hannington Bridge, Hannington Wick
Distance
4.3 km from the centre of Highworth
Typical range
2.07 m to 3.81 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 4.49 m , reached on 28 July 2007.

All gauges on this river

What Does Highworth's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Highworth 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 Highworth'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 Highworth?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Highworth. 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: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.

Postcode districts covering Highworth, 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
SN6 149 Low 136

What Else Is Near Highworth?

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