Huntingdon Flood Risk

Huntingdon has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 2.1 km away.

Huntingdon has 25,544 residents and 11,636 homes. Ranked 1818 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Huntingdon Right Now?

0.391 m within its typical range
Gauge
Godmanchester, Godmanchester
Distance
2.1 km from the centre of Huntingdon
Typical range
0.305 m to 0.488 m
Reading taken
20 Sept, 09:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.285 m , reached on 3 January 2003.

All gauges on this river

When Has Huntingdon Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 4 recorded flood outlines covering Huntingdon, the most recent dated 31 December 1998.

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 Huntingdon's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.7% of postcodes in Huntingdon 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 1.1% 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.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Huntingdon?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Huntingdon. 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 Huntingdon, 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
PE29 636 High 2,379
PE28 14 High 58

What Else Is Near Huntingdon?

Other places on the River Great Ouse, nearest to Huntingdon first.