Saffron Walden Flood Risk
Saffron Walden has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 5.7 km away.
Saffron Walden has 16,095 residents and 7,845 homes. Ranked 1940 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Saffron Walden Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Great Chesterford, 5.7 km from the centre of Saffron Walden, at Great Chesterford. Its typical range is 0.109 m to 0.333 m, and the highest level on record is 0.7 m, reached on 5 February 2001.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
What Does Saffron Walden's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
0.7% of postcodes in Saffron Walden 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% 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 Saffron Walden?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Saffron Walden. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB10 | 218 | Low | 175 |
| CB11 | 192 | Low | 234 |
What Else Is Near Saffron Walden?
Other places on the River Cam, nearest to Saffron Walden first.