Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) Flood Risk
Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.5 km away.
Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) has 7,010 residents and 3,279 homes. Ranked 2402 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 1.997 m , reached on 25 June 2007.
When Has Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 1 recorded flood outlines covering Southwell (Newark and Sherwood), the most recent dated 24 October 2023.
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 Southwell (Newark and Sherwood)'s Flood Risk Classification Mean?
0.5% of postcodes in Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) 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 0.5% 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.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Southwell (Newark and Sherwood)?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Southwell (Newark and Sherwood). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NG25 | 183 | Low | 523 |