Kingston upon Thames Flood Risk
Kingston upon Thames has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 5.4% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.4 km away.
Kingston upon Thames has 167,022 residents and 70,544 homes. Ranked 738 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Kingston upon Thames Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.225 m , reached on 30 October 2000.
When Has Kingston upon Thames Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 27 recorded flood outlines covering Kingston upon Thames, the most recent dated 28 February 2014.
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 Kingston upon Thames's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
5.2% of postcodes in Kingston upon Thames 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 5.4% 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 Kingston upon Thames?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Kingston upon Thames. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KT2 | 655 | Low | 2,643 |
| KT6 | 627 | Low | 2,284 |
| KT3 | 620 | Low | 2,273 |
| KT1 | 538 | Low | 943 |
| KT5 | 365 | Low | 652 |
| KT9 | 358 | High | 797 |
| KT4 | 95 | Low | 347 |
| SW15 | 42 | Low | 77 |
| SW20 | 8 | High | 5 |
| TW10 | 8 | Low | 33 |
What Else Is Near Kingston upon Thames?
Other places on the Hogsmill River, nearest to Kingston upon Thames first.