Kings Hill Flood Risk

Kings Hill 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 Kings Hill cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 3.8 km away.

Kings Hill has 9,436 residents and 3,628 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 Kings Hill Right Now?

0.364 m within its typical range
Gauge
Teston, West Farleigh
Distance
3.8 km from the centre of Kings Hill
Typical range
0.259 m to 0.953 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 3.898 m , reached on 25 December 2013.

All gauges on this river

What Does Kings Hill's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

0% of postcodes in Kings Hill 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 Kings Hill'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 Kings Hill?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Kings Hill. 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 Kings Hill, 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
ME19 250 Low 316
ME6 26 Not mapped — no rivers-and-sea band covers this district not published for this district
ME18 8 Low 3

"Not mapped" is not "no risk". It means no rivers-and-sea band covers that district in the source — surface water can still flood it, and both Camden and Islington flooded from surface water in July 2021 while carrying no mapped rivers-and-sea band.

What Else Is Near Kings Hill?

Other places on the River Medway, nearest to Kings Hill first.