West Molesey Flood Risk

West Molesey has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 7% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.2 km away.

West Molesey has 46,643 residents and 20,022 homes. Ranked 591 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near West Molesey Right Now?

4.346 m within its typical range
Gauge
Thames Ditton Island, Long Ditton
Distance
1.2 km from the centre of West Molesey
Typical range
4.46 m to 5.7 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 6.7 m , reached on 10 February 2014.

All gauges on this river

When Has West Molesey Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 27 recorded flood outlines covering West Molesey, the most recent dated 12 January 2003.

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 West Molesey's Flood Risk Classification Mean?

7.9% of postcodes in West Molesey 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 7% 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 West Molesey?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside West Molesey. 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 West Molesey, 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
KT8 399 Low 290
KT10 251 High 904
KT7 242 Low 186
KT6 90 Low 217

What Else Is Near West Molesey?

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