Keynsham Flood Risk
Keynsham has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.6% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.2 km away.
Keynsham has 19,240 residents and 9,075 homes. Ranked 2290 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Keynsham Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Keynsham, Rivermead, 1.2 km from the centre of Keynsham, at Keynsham. Its typical range is 4.955 m to 5.863 m, and the highest level on record is 7.956 m, reached on 25 December 2013.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Keynsham Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 6 recorded flood outlines covering Keynsham, the most recent dated 31 October 2000.
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 Keynsham's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
1.2% of postcodes in Keynsham 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 0.6% 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 Keynsham?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Keynsham. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS31 | 519 | Low | 556 |
What Else Is Near Keynsham?
Other places on the River Avon, nearest to Keynsham first.