Does B23 flood?

Yes — parts of the B23 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 15 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B23 postcode district covers Perry Common, Stockland Green, close to Brookvale Road, Perry Barr, Sandwell Valley, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

15 postcodes in the B23 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 3 medium, 8 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 B23 postcodes are at risk?

B23 5AQ up to High B23 5DN up to High B23 5DW up to High B23 5BS up to Medium B23 5DQ up to Medium B23 7AS up to Medium B23 5BN up to Low B23 5BW up to Low B23 5BY up to Low B23 5DG up to Low B23 5GS up to Low B23 5GT up to Low B23 5GU up to Low B23 7RP up to Low B23 7PS up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B23

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

Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 2.4 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Perry Park on the River Tame — 3.4 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 5.3 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Bescot on the River Tame — 8.6 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.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

July 2007 Brook Vale Road (2007) — about 2.5 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B24 B21 B25 B20 B26 B19 B27 B18

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.