Bredon has a moderate flood risk, and most of it comes from rain and runoff more than from the river. The Avon flows past the village but stays out of the official river flood zones. A minority of postcodes carry some flood flag once rainfall is counted. A small group of properties near the water shows up on the river assessment. It is a real risk in a few places and a small one for most of the village.
On the Environment Agency's river-and-sea flood zone map, 0% of Bredon's postcodes are in zone 3, the highest-probability band. Another 0% are in zone 2, the medium-probability band that runs outside zone 3. The village is on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill, and the slope keeps most homes above the river at no charge to anyone.
Surface water is where Bredon's flood risk mostly comes from. Heavy rain running off the hill and pooling in low spots does not show up on a river map, so the postcode figures further down count it as well.
The Agency also models how its flood zones could grow with climate change. On that version, 0% of Bredon's postcodes fall inside a flood zone either.
For insurance, most addresses in Bredon should be routine. The exception is the small group of properties on the Agency's river risk list, where a quote can come back higher or with conditions attached. Put the exact address into the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service, and get an insurance quote early. Do not rely on the village-wide picture.
Postcode by postcode, about 9% of Bredon's postcodes are rated high risk on at least one of several flood measures, about 7% medium and about 24% low. Those measures include surface water alongside rivers and the sea. That is why the shares here can be above zero when the river zones were empty.
The Agency's rivers-and-sea assessment also counts individual properties, and that is the more useful number for a buyer. Three Bredon postcodes appear on it, covering 85 properties. Of those, 20 are rated high risk, none medium and one low, and two of the high-risk properties are homes. Only postcodes with some risk are listed at all, so everything else in the village is missing from the count because it was never flagged.
The Agency also maps where water would reach in a high-probability flood, both with defences in place and without them. In Bredon, 0% of postcodes fall inside that high-probability area on either version, and 0% fall inside the low-probability area without defences. The model shows no defence keeping water out of the village because there is no modelled floodwater to keep out. That is a slightly different thing from the Agency saying Bredon is safe.
The nearest tide gauge to Bredon is at Portsmouth. Sea level there rose by about 2 millimetres a year between 1962 and 2023. That is a long way from an inland village on the Avon, and it is the closest the sea gets to Bredon's flood file.
None of Bredon's postcodes falls inside the Agency's historic flood outlines. The Agency's event records do list five past floods for the area. The most recent was in April 1947, when the main river overflowed its channel with no raised defences in the way. Nothing since has made it into the records. That is reassuring, but it does not prove nothing has happened since.
Bredon's flood risk is middling. Most of the village is safely uphill, while a small group of properties near the river and the low spots where rain collects need checking address by address.