Does B19 flood?

Yes — parts of the B19 district carry real flood risk: 7 of its 34 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B19 postcode district covers Newtown, Lozells, close to Brookvale Road, Perry Barr, Edgbaston, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

34 postcodes in the B19 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 7 high, 3 medium, 24 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 B19 postcodes are at risk?

B19 1TW up to High B19 2DB up to High B19 2UF up to High B19 2UG up to High B19 2UP up to High B19 2XJ up to High B19 2XL up to High B19 2UB up to Medium B19 2XH up to Medium B19 2XS up to Medium B19 1DP up to Low B19 1DS up to Low B19 2AD up to Low B19 2DD up to Low B19 2EL up to Low B19 2ER up to Low B19 2HE up to Low B19 2HG up to Low B19 2HX up to Low B19 2JU up to Low B19 2JX up to Low B19 2LA up to Low B19 2LB up to Low B19 2LD up to Low B19 2LE up to Low B19 2NN up to Low B19 2NQ up to Low B19 2NS up to Low B19 2PB up to Low B19 2RL up to Low B19 2SS up to Low B19 2TX up to Low B19 2TZ up to Low B19 2UA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B19

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

371 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (112 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B18 B20 B17 B21 B15 B23 B14 B24

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.