How to find out about flood risk of a house/ area

[tigertantrum]

Hi,
We are potentially interested in a house (have arranged a second viewing) but it seems from 'get the data' website that some houses in this road may have flooded previously. On this website it is shown as medium-high flooding risk. Can anyone tell me how I can access office data about flood risks/ any flood defence work that has since taken place, etc in order to be able to make a decision. Any other advice about flood risk and chances of flooding, etc would be really helpful.
Many thanks

flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood-risk/map?easting=621925&northing=315848&address=100091542471&map=RiversOrSea

Try this link

We struggled to get any useful information about the house that we bought earlier this year. We knew from the documentation that went to the solicitor that it had previously flooded, but they gave us next to no information.
We couldn't find anything at all about updates to flood defences etc.

It depends what type of flooding it was. Ours was groundwater so we can't get updates etc from the government warning it might happen again. Someone on here did give me a link to some information but it didn't include the area I live in.

No one lived in the property so we couldn't ask the seller face to face and they dodged emails etc like the plague. We tried speaking with neighbours and they gave very little information. Since we've moved in, we've found out more from other neighbours and now think the risk is very low. Ours was partly due to a lack of maintenance by the community of the nearby water source.

If it was a regularly flooded area or close to a river that would have put me off for sure. Most insurance companies aren't bothered as long as it's more than 10yrs since the house flooded. Our sellers were paying massive premiums - ours is actually very reasonable as it's 15yrs since the house flooded and we've made no previous insurance claims.

That link is really helpful. Thank you. It also tallies with the other website I looked at which is reassuring. I'm not sure that the house has previously flooded but there is a little stream running through the bottom of the garden and I think some houses further up the road may have flooded (have seen a council document with reports of flooding on the road and these houses are marked high risk online).

There is data you can ask the environment agency for free of charge but it may not be understandable unless you really know what you are looking at.

You need to purchase a flood report from landmark or groundsure.

Flood report. Plus if there is a local stream, check any water extraction licences granted that could end/be cancelled, which would cause ground water levels to rise.

I'm five houses and about 80 yards up from the local stream, so I also searched back through the records at the local paper, and I spent a Thursday evening in the village pub, talking to the local old bloke with a spaniel.

I found that the village road bridge is shut 3 days a year with flooding but it hasn't ever reached the first house, so fifth house is fairly safe. No reports of serious flooding, in the paper going back to 1900.