Worthing Flood Risk
Worthing has a High flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 3% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 4.7 km away.
Worthing has 111,556 residents and 52,640 homes. Ranked 1113 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Worthing Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Ferring Outfall, 4.7 km from the centre of Worthing, at Ferring. Its typical range is 0.45 m to 3.2 m, and the highest level on record is 2.91 m, reached on 8 January 2015.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
When Has Worthing Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 5 recorded flood outlines covering Worthing, the most recent dated 2 June 1981.
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 Worthing's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
3.7% of postcodes in Worthing 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 3% 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 Worthing?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Worthing. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BN11 | 951 | High | 3,049 |
| BN13 | 713 | Low | 1,019 |
| BN14 | 650 | Low | 1,377 |
| BN12 | 473 | Low | 882 |
How Does Flood Risk Affect Insurance And Buying In Worthing?
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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What Else Is Near Worthing?
Other places on the River Arun, nearest to Worthing first.