Redbridge Flood Risk

Redbridge has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.4% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 2.1 km away.

Redbridge has 308,765 residents and 108,299 homes. Ranked 1645 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Redbridge Right Now?

0.1 m within its typical range
Gauge
Redbridge, Wanstead
Distance
2.1 km from the centre of Redbridge
Typical range
0.123 m to 1.44 m
Reading taken
20 Sept, 10:00 UTC

Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 2.3 m , reached on 31 October 2000.

All gauges on this river

When Has Redbridge Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 7 recorded flood outlines covering Redbridge, the most recent dated 25 June 2016.

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 Redbridge's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.6% of postcodes in Redbridge 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 1.4% 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.

Flood Zone versus flood risk band: the full comparison

Which Postcode Districts Cover Redbridge?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Redbridge. 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 Redbridge, 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
IG1 832 Low 2,216
IG8 616 High 2,333
IG6 544 Low 2,933
IG3 475 Low 834
IG2 400 Low 1,221
E18 348 High 1,616
E11 290 Low 1,107
RM6 259 Low 891
IG5 237 Low 943
IG7 152 High 1,072
IG4 136 Low 177
E12 46 Low 33
IG9 29 High 106
RM8 22 Low 67
IG11 14 Low 30

What Else Is Near Redbridge?

Other places on the River Roding, nearest to Redbridge first.