Does B15 flood?

Yes — parts of the B15 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 8 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B15 postcode district covers Edgbaston, Bournbrook & Selly Park, close to Selly Park, Halesowen Manor Way, Longbridge, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

8 postcodes in the B15 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 2 medium, 2 low, 3 very 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 B15 postcodes are at risk?

B15 3RP up to High B15 2GG up to Medium B15 2HB up to Medium B15 2GR up to Low B15 3JD up to Low B15 2SN up to Very low B15 2SW up to Very low B15 2SY up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B15

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
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 2.6 km away, highest on record 2.50m
Halesowen Manor Way on the Illey Brook — 7.3 km away, highest on record 2.25m
Longbridge on the River Rea — 7.5 km away, highest on record 1.65m

291 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (166 at warning level or above), most recently 28 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 2.2 km from the centre
M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 31.2 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B14 B13 B17 B12 B18 B11 B19 B20

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.