Newbury Flood Risk

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 1,988 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Newbury has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 4.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 0.4 km away.

Newbury has 43,435 residents and 20,405 homes. Ranked 853 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Newbury Right Now?

1.032 m within its typical range

Gauge: Newbury, Newbury
Distance: 0.4 km from the centre of Newbury
Typical range: 0.941 m to 1.35 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 1.607 m , reached on 7 January 2024.

All gauges on this river

When Has Newbury Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 11 recorded flood outlines covering Newbury, the most recent dated 29 July 2007.

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 Newbury's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

7.4% of postcodes in Newbury 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 4.5% 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.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Newbury?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Newbury. 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 Newbury, 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
RG14	1,170	Low	1,938
RG19	35	Low	44
RG20	9	Medium	6
RG18	7	High	not published for this district

What Else Is Near Newbury?

Other places on the River Kennet, nearest to Newbury first.

Marlborough flood risk 0.5 km away · Low for rivers and the sea
Burghfield Common flood risk 4.1 km away · Not mapped for rivers and the sea

River Kennet levels Every gauge and live reading on this river
Flood risk in England How this nation classifies flood risk, and its gaps
What each flood risk level means The annual chance behind each band word