Westbury (Wiltshire) Flood Risk

Rivers and the sea Low a 0.1% to 1% chance in any year

Surface water 857 addresses at risk that rivers and sea does not explain — a minimum, not a total

Groundwater Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Reservoirs Not mapped No national band is published for this source

Westbury (Wiltshire) has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 1.6% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 4.7 km away.

Westbury (Wiltshire) has 16,799 residents and 7,722 homes. Ranked 1536 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.

What Is The River Level Near Westbury (Wiltshire) Right Now?

The nearest gauge is Trowbridge Southwick, 4.7 km from the centre of Westbury (Wiltshire), at Trowbridge Southwick. Its typical range is 0.06 m to 1 m, and the highest level on record is 1.104 m, reached on 4 October 2020.

No current reading has been published for this gauge.

All gauges on this river

When Has Westbury (Wiltshire) Flooded Before?

The Environment Agency holds 3 recorded flood outlines covering Westbury (Wiltshire), the most recent dated 6 March 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 Westbury (Wiltshire)'s Flood Risk Classification Mean?

1.7% of postcodes in Westbury (Wiltshire) 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 1.6% 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 Westbury (Wiltshire)?

Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Westbury (Wiltshire). 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 Westbury (Wiltshire), 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
BA13	402	Low	857

What Else Is Near Westbury (Wiltshire)?

Lambrok Stream levels Every gauge and live reading on this river
Flood risk in England How this nation classifies flood risk, and its gaps
What each flood risk level means The annual chance behind each band word