About these terms
These terms cover your use of www.floodchecker.co.uk (“Flood Checker”, “the site”, “we”, “us”). If you don't agree with them, please don't use the site. How we handle personal data is explained separately in our Privacy & Cookies policy.
What the site does
Flood Checker is a free tool that shows which Environment Agency flood zone a postcode or address in England falls in, with some general information about what that means. There is no account to create and nothing to pay to use the check.
Guidance only – not a flood risk assessment
The results are general guidance, not advice and not a flood risk assessment. They are based on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning, which shows the likelihood of flooding from rivers and the sea only. It ignores flood defences, does not show surface water, groundwater or reservoir flooding, and is not a prediction that any particular property will or won't flood.
A postcode can cover several properties, and flood zone boundaries can run between them, so the result for a postcode may not match every address in it.
Don't rely on the site alone when buying, building, insuring or making any other decision. Confirm the position with the Environment Agency, your local planning authority, a surveyor, conveyancer, insurer or a qualified flood risk specialist.
Where the data comes from
Flood zone data comes from the Environment Agency via planning.data.gov.uk, and postcode locations from Postcodes.io (ONS and Ordnance Survey open data). This data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. It contains public sector information, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, and Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right.
We show the data as we receive it. We don't control it, it may be out of date or incomplete, and the organisations that publish it may change it at any time.
No warranty
The site is provided free, “as is” and “as available”. We work to keep it accurate and running, but we don't promise that it will be error-free, complete, up to date or always available, and we may change or withdraw any part of it without notice.
Our liability
As far as the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your use of, or reliance on, the site or its results – including flood damage, loss of property value, a lost purchase or sale, insurance costs, or any indirect or consequential loss.
Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot be limited or excluded under the law of England and Wales. If you are a consumer, these terms do not affect your statutory rights.
Using the site fairly
Please don't:
- scrape, bulk-query or automate searches against the site;
- try to disrupt it, overload it or get around any limits we put in place;
- present our results as an official assessment, or as your own work.
We may block access where we see misuse.
Paid reports
The full Flood Risk Property Report is not on sale yet, and we don't take any payments on the site. Terms of sale, including our refund policy, will be published here before reports launch. To hear when they do, email hello@floodchecker.co.uk.
Links to other sites
We link to other websites, such as the Environment Agency and GOV.UK, for further information. We aren't responsible for their content or availability.
Changes and governing law
We may update these terms from time to time; the “last updated” date at the top shows when. The version on this page when you use the site is the one that applies.
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction over any dispute.
Contact
Questions about these terms? Email hello@floodchecker.co.uk.