How exposed the BA3 postcode district (Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset) 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.
Wellow Brook including Station Road and Welton Hollow in Midsomer Norton and Fortescue Road, Waterloo Road, Pine Court and Mill Road Industrial Estate in Radstock. River Somer including Riverside, Steam Mills, St Chads Green and Somervale School
Wellow Brook, River Somer Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset
Wellow Brook including Thicketmead Bridge in Midsomer Norton and Mill Road in Radstock. Coomb End Culvert including Coombend and Market Place. The Snails and Kilmersdon Brooks including Church Street and St Nicholas Primary School and the River Somer
Wellow Brook, River Somer Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset
River Cam, Wellow and Midford Brooks and tributaries
River Cam, Wellow Brook, Midford Brook Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire
River Mells including Edford, Ham Bridge, Coleford, Lower Vobster, Mells, Great Elm and Spring Gardens and the Whatley Brook
River Mells, Whatley Brook Somerset
Cam Brook including Temple Bridge, Hallatrow and Camerton. Wellow Brook from Lower Writhlington to Midford including Wellow and the Midford Brook including Midford and Monkton Combe Mill
Midford Brook, Cam Brook, Wellow Brook Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire
River Frome and Mells, and the Whatley and Nunney Brooks and tributaries
Somerset Frome, River Mells, Whatley Brook, Nunney Brook Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire
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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 Somerset.
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None of the 5 sample points we checked across the BA3 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 BA3 these include Wellow Brook and River Somer at Midsomer Norton and Radstock, Riverside, Welton and Mill Road areas, Wellow Brook and River Somer at Midsomer Norton and Radstock, Thicketmead Bridge and Coombend areas and Midford Brook catchment. 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.