Does B21 flood?

Yes — parts of the B21 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 13 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B21 postcode district covers Soho & Jewellery Quarter, close to Perry Barr, Sandwell Valley, Brookvale Road, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

13 postcodes in the B21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 4 medium, 4 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 B21 postcodes are at risk?

B21 0RE up to High B21 0TB up to High B21 0TD up to High B21 0TH up to High B21 0UT up to High B21 0SX up to Medium B21 0UR up to Medium B21 0US up to Medium B21 0UU up to Medium B21 0SY up to Low B21 0TE up to Low B21 0UP up to Low B21 0UQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B21

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

Perry Park on the River Tame — 3.1 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 3.8 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 3.9 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 5 km away, highest on record 2.50m

417 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (158 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

B20 B19 B23 B18 B24 B17 B25 B26

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.