Does B17 flood?

Yes — parts of the B17 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 16 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B17 postcode district covers Harborne, close to Selly Park, Edgbaston, Halesowen Manor Way, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

16 postcodes in the B17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 5 medium, 7 low, 1 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 B17 postcodes are at risk?

B17 0QH up to High B17 0RN up to High B17 0TL up to High B17 0QF up to Medium B17 0QG up to Medium B17 0RL up to Medium B17 0RP up to Medium B17 0SE up to Medium B17 0QQ up to Low B17 0SB up to Low B17 0SD up to Low B17 0TB up to Low B17 0TD up to Low B17 0TN up to Low B17 9HD up to Low B17 0NT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B17

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

Selly Park on the River Rea — 3.5 km away, highest on record 1.82m
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 4.4 km away, highest on record 2.50m
Halesowen Manor Way on the Illey Brook — 5.6 km away, highest on record 2.25m
Halesowen Dogkennel Lane on the River Stour — 6 km away, highest on record 1.47m

286 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (160 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 3.3 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

B18 B15 B19 B14 B20 B13 B21 B12

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.