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Flood Risk In Kent

2.2% of homes in Kent are in a Medium or High flood risk band, across 723,275 dwellings. It ranks 7 of 21 English counties.

The county band is the aggregate of its 12 districts: 9,585 homes at High, 6,085 at Medium, 15,955 at Low and 25,648 at Very Low — summing to the 57,273 homes at risk this page opens with.

Towns In Kent, Ranked By Flood Risk

  1. 1 Paddock Wood High 19.8% of homes at Medium or High
  2. 2 Hythe High 9.3% of homes at Medium or High
  3. 3 Edenbridge Medium 9.3% of homes at Medium or High
  4. 4 Herne Bay High 7.4% of homes at Medium or High
  5. 5 Tonbridge Medium 7.1% of homes at Medium or High
  6. 6 Littlestone-on-Sea Very low 6.5% of homes at Medium or High
  7. 7 Canterbury High 5.7% of homes at Medium or High
  8. 8 Larkfield Low 4.4% of homes at Medium or High
  9. 9 Whitstable Low 4.1% of homes at Medium or High
  10. 10 Folkestone Medium 3.2% of homes at Medium or High
  11. 11 Faversham Low 2.3% of homes at Medium or High
  12. 12 Borough Green Low 2.2% of homes at Medium or High
  13. 13 Deal Low 2.1% of homes at Medium or High
  14. 14 Dover Low 1.8% of homes at Medium or High
  15. 15 Sevenoaks High 1.8% of homes at Medium or High
  16. 16 Ashford (Ashford) Low 1.1% of homes at Medium or High
  17. 17 Maidstone Low 0.9% of homes at Medium or High
  18. 18 Minster (Swale) Very low 0.9% of homes at Medium or High
  19. 19 Margate Medium 0.8% of homes at Medium or High
  20. 20 Dartford Low 0.8% of homes at Medium or High
  21. 21 Staplehurst High 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
  22. 22 Greenhill Low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
  23. 23 Gravesend Very low 0.6% of homes at Medium or High
  24. 24 Herne Low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
  25. 25 Sittingbourne Very low 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
  26. 26 Broadstairs High 0.3% of homes at Medium or High
  27. 27 Otford and Kemsing High 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
  28. 28 Ramsgate High 0.2% of homes at Medium or High
  29. 29 Royal Tunbridge Wells Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
  30. 30 Snodland High 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
  31. 31 Pembury Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
  32. 32 Sheerness Very low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
  33. 33 Tenterden Low 0.1% of homes at Medium or High
  34. 34 Aylesham Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
  35. 35 Bearsted Low 0% of homes at Medium or High
  36. 36 Coxheath Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
  37. 37 Hawkinge Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
  38. 38 Kings Hill Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
  39. 39 Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley Not mapped 0% of homes at Medium or High
  40. 40 Northfleet Very low 0% of homes at Medium or High

Ranked within England only. Each town's figure counts its own homes, so the shares are comparable with each other but not with towns in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Which Rivers Run Through Kent?

Rivers with a gauged station in one of the towns ranked above. Each river page carries every gauge on it and the live level at each.

How Does Kent Compare With Other English Counties?

Kent ranks 7 of 21 English counties for the share of homes in a Medium or High flood risk band. That is above the median county, at 1.8%. The comparison covers the 21 shire counties only — the 132 unitary authorities, including Bristol, York and Sheffield, have no county above them and so take no rank here.

A county figure is an aggregate of its districts, and districts differ sharply: a fenland district and an upland one in the same county can sit at opposite ends of the national ranking. Compare the towns above rather than the county total where it matters.

Share of homes in a Medium or High band, from the Environment Agency's national assessment. The method · The national picture