Soham Flood Risk
Soham has a High flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.2% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 3.4 km away.
Soham has 10,438 residents and 4,956 homes. Ranked 1754 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Soham Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Fordham, 3.4 km from the centre of Soham, at Fordham. Its typical range is 0.049 m to 0.172 m, and the highest level on record is 0.488 m, reached on 10 April 1998.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
This river has too few gauges for its own page
When Has Soham Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 2 recorded flood outlines covering Soham, the most recent dated 31 December 1978.
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 Soham's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
1.1% of postcodes in Soham 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 High , with 1.2% 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 Soham?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Soham. 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: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB7 | 177 | Low | 510 |
How Does Flood Risk Affect Insurance And Buying In Soham?
A High flood risk band can affect the price, the excess and the availability of home insurance, and it is worth checking before you buy. Flood cover is normally part of standard home insurance, and insurers set their own prices.
How insurers price flood risk, what Flood Re covers, and what to do if a standard insurer declines.
The eight statutory conditions, with an eligibility checker that gives a real verdict.
Barriers, airbricks, pumps and non-return valves, ranked by what they protect against.
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