SM5: 16 m clear of the highest tide in the London Bridge ledgers

The lowest postcode in SM5, SM5 1HZ, stands 16 m above the highest tide in the London Bridge ledgers (5.41 m, 1 February 1953). The highest, SM5 4BP, stands 112 m above it.
- Ground at eight in ten of its postcodes: between 29 m and 82 m, measured from Ordnance Datum; the middle one stands at 41 m.
- None lies in the Environment Agency's Flood Zone 3 from the sea.
- In Sutton.