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Does B19 2LD flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in B19 2LD sit in the Environment Agency's Low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%55
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around B19 2LD

The ground here sits at about 110 m above sea level and falls 25 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 16.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around B192LD, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 110 m above sea level and falls 25 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-north-west, 16.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of B19 2LD, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for B19 2LD

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
B19 2LD
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 359 official warnings since 2006.

C Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Low
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around B19 2LD. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near B19 2LD

359
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
111
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-05-26)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Babet (2023, 15 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 9 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 6 warnings nearby) · Darragh (2024, 6 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for B19 2LD

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Brookvale Road River Tame 2.5 km 2.00 m 3.65 m
Perry Park River Tame 3.1 km 0.87 m 3.39 m
Calthorpe Park River Rea 4.2 km 0.42 m 2.50 m
Sandwell Woodend River Tame 4.9 km 2.20 m 3.11 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Smith Street/hockley Street Jct Cso Hockley Brook 0.2 km 2 (2024) 0
Milton Street Cso Hockley Brook 0.3 km 0 (2024) 0
Newtown Row No.1 Cso Hockley Brook 0.4 km 0 (2024) 0
Gerrard Close Cso Hockley Brook 0.4 km 1 (2024) 0

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

B19 2AD up to Low B19 2DB up to High 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

At-risk postcodes near B19 2LD — all in the B19 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the B19 district.