Kensington and Chelsea Flood Risk
Kensington and Chelsea has a Very low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 5.1 km away.
Kensington and Chelsea has 141,815 residents and 89,353 homes. Ranked 3026 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Kensington and Chelsea Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 2.034 m , reached on 23 June 2016.
What Does Kensington and Chelsea's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
3.6% of postcodes in Kensington and Chelsea 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 Very low , with 0% 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 Kensington and Chelsea?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Kensington and Chelsea. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SW3 | 806 | Low | 5,026 |
| W11 | 603 | Low | 4,505 |
| W8 | 600 | Low | 2,513 |
| W10 | 464 | High | 3,859 |
| SW10 | 420 | Low | 2,901 |
| SW7 | 389 | Low | 1,479 |
| SW5 | 280 | Low | 1,879 |
| SW1X | 176 | Low | 1,086 |
| W14 | 144 | Medium | 1,582 |
| SW1W | 42 | Low | 94 |
| W2 | 42 | Low | 224 |
What Else Is Near Kensington and Chelsea?
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