Measuring Gravesend Flood Risk for insurance

A question about : Measuring Gravesend Flood Risk for insurance

i live in Gravesend near by Thames River. Cause of the floods in wales, worcester etc i was bit worried and wanted to know what are the risks and hazzards where i live and how far is thames river distance from my house. is there any way that i can measure the distance between my house and thames river.

When my dad took out insurance he said The Thames was 400 or so meters away. Im worried if this isn't true and we flood then we wont be covered!

any help pleaseeeeee

Best answers:

• Environment Agency website to ascertain the floodrisk.
  Any mapping site to measure distance to the river. Google Earth has a neat measuring tool built in - others you will need to use the scale to work it out.
• 400m is about the distance from the bank to the railway line in the center of Gravesend.
  OK I decided to do somthing a little more usefull with autoroute, each line is 400m long from the bank of the river. if the map doesnt cover where you are and if you want pm me your street name and I will do the map for you again.
• Eep! That means my mum, my nan AND my aunt all live wihin possible flood area.
• I live in Gravesend also but i am quite far from the thames so hopefully it wont touch our house,I hope.
  You could always ring your insurance company and ask them for advice on this.
• Me too, i live up Valley Drive way
• Acording to the Envitonment Agency Gravesend has flood defences to protect it.