Mapping England's flood risk

For clarification, this is not a coded statement of this blog's political leanings; different agencies produce the flood maps for each country in the UK and share the data in different formats. Source: clarebryden.co.uk

Much discussion on a recent post about the number of houses in the UK being at risk of flooding. Here's a lovely bit of dataviz for a Sunday evening by the artist Clare Bryden showing where in England is at risk of coastal or river flooding. Truly, a damp nation.

For those who merely wish to obsessively check the long-term flood risk of their current property, the Environment Agency has you covered here.