Does B11 flood?

Yes — parts of the B11 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 38 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B11 postcode district covers Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Sparkhill, Hall Green North, close to Edgbaston, Selly Park, Major's Green, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

38 postcodes in the B11 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 7 medium, 22 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which B11 postcodes are at risk?

B11 2HX up to High B11 2LF up to High B11 2LQ up to High B11 2PY up to High B11 2PZ up to High B11 3AP up to High B11 3AR up to High B11 3AX up to High B11 3RF up to High B11 2JH up to Medium B11 2LR up to Medium B11 2NN up to Medium B11 2QA up to Medium B11 2QB up to Medium B11 2QD up to Medium B11 2QG up to Medium B11 1QG up to Low B11 2HU up to Low B11 2JA up to Low B11 2JB up to Low B11 2JE up to Low B11 2LA up to Low B11 2NR up to Low B11 2NS up to Low B11 2NT up to Low B11 2NU up to Low B11 2PH up to Low B11 2QE up to Low B11 3AW up to Low B11 3JS up to Low B11 3JU up to Low B11 3JY up to Low B11 3LB up to Low B11 3LD up to Low B11 3LG up to Low B11 3ND up to Low B11 3NQ up to Low B11 3TA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B11

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 2.8 km away, highest on record 2.50m
Selly Park on the River Rea — 4.4 km away, highest on record 1.82m
Solihull Lodge on the River Cole — 6.3 km away, highest on record 1.93m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 7.1 km away, highest on record 3.65m

515 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (135 at warning level or above), most recently 31 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 30.2 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B12 B13 B9 B14 B8 B15 B7 B6

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.