FloodCheck. A private company, not a government site
Is this address at risk of flooding?
Rivers, the sea, surface water, live warnings and the nearest river gauges, from Environment Agency data, in one PDF a lender or insurer can read.
Full report £12.99 once, no account
Free look first. Nothing is charged until you tick the box on the next step.
This is not a government website. FloodCheck is run by a private company and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by the Environment Agency. We charge £12.99 for our own service, which finds, checks and explains the public records listed on this page and delivers them as a report. You can get the underlying records yourself from the official source at https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode, where they are free.
The fear
A house bought near a river, and then an insurance quote with a four figure premium, or no quote at all.
What the £12.99 report holds
- The Flood Zone for the address, 1, 2 or 3, and what each means
- Risk of flooding from rivers and the sea, with defences counted
- Surface water risk, the one most buyers never think about
- Whether the address is in a flood storage area
- Live warnings and alerts near the address today, and the warning areas it sits in
- The five nearest river gauges with their latest reading
- What this means for a mortgage and for insurance, and what Flood Re is
- A dated PDF with the source and the date beside every finding
This is not a government website. FloodCheck is run by a private company and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or authorised by the Environment Agency. We charge £12.99 for our own service, which finds, checks and explains the public records listed on this page and delivers them as a report. You can get the underlying records yourself from the official source at https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode, where they are free.
Coverage, said plainly
England only, because the data is the Environment Agency's. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own bodies, and the check refuses those postcodes rather than guessing.
Every section of the report says one of three things. Checked, with the source and the date. Could not be checked, with the reason and what you can do instead. Or does not apply here, with the reason. A report never prints a blank.