Flooding risk

People walking through a flood

Flooding is a serious threat that can sometimes occur without warning. It can have damaging impacts to homes and businesses and can cause major disruption to transportation networks.

The Flood Risk Management Team want to provide you with as much information as possible about flood risk in the city, so residents, businesses and developers can be aware and prepared for flooding emergencies.

Flood risk in Southampton

Learn more about the main risks of flooding that you could experience in the city.

Tidal flood risk SHOW


Surface water flood risk SHOW


Fluvial flood risk SHOW


Groundwater flood risk SHOW


You can find more information about flood risk to Southampton and how we manage these risks in our Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and Local Flood Risk Management Strategy.

How to report cases of flooding

Find the relevant organisation to contact about a flooding incident on our Report a flood page.