Does B20 flood?

Parts of the B20 district carry moderate flood risk: 2 of its 8 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's Medium likelihood band. The B20 postcode district covers Handsworth Wood, Birchfield, close to Perry Barr, Sandwell Valley, Brookvale Road, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Staffordshire.

8 postcodes in the B20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 medium, 6 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 B20 postcodes are at risk?

B20 1EN up to Medium B20 1EW up to Medium B20 1EP up to Very low B20 1EQ up to Very low B20 1HL up to Very low B20 2AS up to Very low B20 2QQ up to Very low B20 2QU up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B20

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

Perry Park on the River Tame — 1 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 1.4 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 3.3 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Bescot on the River Tame — 5.4 km away, highest on record 3.51m

335 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (76 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B19 B21 B18 B17 B23 B24 B15 B25

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.