How exposed the BA1 postcode district (Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire) is to flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, from a sample of points checked against the Environment Agency maps.
Based on 5 points spread across the district. An indication of the area, not a count of properties.
Most of the points we checked are outside the flood zones, but flood risk is local: a single street, underpass or stream can be the exception. We checked 5 points spread across the district: the centre and four points about 900 m away.
Flood zone: 0 of 5 points in Zone 3 and 0 in Zone 2.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for these named areas within about six kilometres of the district centre.
Grosvenor Bridge Road, Forester Avenue, Henrietta Gardens, Pulteney Road, Ferry Lane, the bus station, Victoria Bridge Road and Brassmill Lane in the Locksbrook area
Bristol River Avon Bath and North East Somerset
Upstream at Bathampton Bridge and Sports Fields to riverside properties at Twerton and Locksbrook. Including Pulteney Weir and nearby Sports Centre and Cricket Ground
Bristol River Avon Bath and North East Somerset
Grosvenor and Kensington Meadows, St Johns Road, Henrietta Park, North Parade Road, the A36 and other riverside roads in Kingsmead
Bristol River Avon Bath and North East Somerset
Dolmeads area including Broadway Street and Archway Street, Dorchester Street, Manvers Street, Kingsmead area including Avon Street, James Street West and East Twerton including Lower Bristol Road and Brassmill Lane trading estate
Bristol River Avon Bath and North East Somerset
River Cam, Wellow and Midford Brooks and tributaries
River Cam, Wellow Brook, Midford Brook Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire
Bristol Avon from New Bridge to Netham including Saltford, Mead Lane, Swineford, Broad Mead, Keynsham Road, Hanham Mills, Riverside Cottages and St Annes Park
Bristol River Avon Bath and North East Somerset, City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire
You can sign up for free flood warnings for your own address on GOV.UK.
The figures above describe the district. Your home is one point in it, and that point is what the check reads.
This district spans Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
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A flood is the most expensive thing that can happen to a home, and a flood zone or a surface water flow path can change the insurance terms, the mortgage offer and the resale price. The report gathers the Environment Agency data for your address before you commit; it is not a substitute for a flood search from your conveyancer.
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None of the 5 sample points we checked across the BA1 postcode district fall in Flood Zone 2 or 3. That does not rule out a zone elsewhere in the district, because the sample is a handful of points and flood zones can be narrow. Check your full postcode to be sure.
None of the 5 sample points rate above very low for surface water flooding. Surface water risk is highly local, so check your own postcode.
The Environment Agency issues flood alerts and warnings for named areas. Within about six kilometres of the centre of BA1 these include Bristol Avon at Bath, other properties set back from the river, Bristol Avon at Bath, riverside properties and Bristol Avon at Bath, low lying properties set back from the river. You can sign up for free flood warnings for your address on GOV.UK.
It is an indication, not a verdict on any single home. We checked 5 points around the centre of the district against the Environment Agency maps. A district can hold many streets and a flood zone can be a few metres wide. The free check on a full postcode, with a pin you can move onto your plot, is the precise answer.