Does B14 flood?

Parts of the B14 district carry moderate flood risk: 5 of its 15 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's Medium likelihood band. The B14 postcode district covers Druids Heath & Monyhull, Brandwood & King's Heath, close to Selly Park, Major's Green, Edgbaston, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

15 postcodes in the B14 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 medium, 10 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 B14 postcodes are at risk?

B14 5PP up to Medium B14 5PS up to Medium B14 6QN up to Medium B14 6QU up to Medium B14 6RP up to Medium B14 5AL up to Low B14 5AN up to Low B14 5UU up to Low B14 5UX up to Low B14 5UZ up to Low B14 5XA up to Low B14 5XN up to Low B14 6QL up to Low B14 6QR up to Low B14 6RR up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B14

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

Selly Park on the River Rea — 2.5 km away, highest on record 1.82m
Solihull Lodge on the River Cole — 3.9 km away, highest on record 1.93m
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 5.3 km away, highest on record 2.50m
Longbridge on the River Rea — 6 km away, highest on record 1.65m

252 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (163 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

River Rea Flood Event Sept 2008 at Selly Park (2008) — about 3 km from the centre
M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 26.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B13 B15 B12 B11 B17 B18 B19 B9

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.