Yatton Flood Risk
Yatton has a Very low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 2.2 km away.
Yatton has 7,833 residents and 3,622 homes. Ranked 3078 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Yatton Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Congresbury, 2.2 km from the centre of Yatton, at Congresbury. Its typical range is 5.425 m to 7.37 m, and the highest level on record is 7.673 m, reached on 4 December 2023.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
Why Are Parts Of Yatton In Flood Zone 3 But Rated Low Risk?
10.6% of postcodes in Yatton fall in Flood Zone 3, but the flood risk band for rivers and the sea is verylow. The two maps measure different things: the Flood Zone ignores defences, and the band counts them.
What Does Yatton's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
10.6% of postcodes in Yatton 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 Very low , with 0% 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.
Yatton is one of the places where they disagree most in England: a large share of its postcodes are in Flood Zone 3, yet few of its homes carry a Medium or High band. The gap is the defences — land the planning map must treat as floodplain, behind a barrier that lowers the present-day chance of flooding.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Yatton?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Yatton. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS49 | 196 | Low | 345 |
| BS21 | 2 | Low | 2 |
What Else Is Near Yatton?
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