Does B26 flood?

Yes — parts of the B26 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 46 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B26 postcode district covers Sheldon, Garretts Green, Bickenhill, close to Marston Green, Water Orton, Swans Barn, Coleshill, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

46 postcodes in the B26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 10 medium, 19 low, 2 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 B26 postcodes are at risk?

B26 2PD up to High B26 2PU up to High B26 2PX up to High B26 2QA up to High B26 2QG up to High B26 3JH up to High B26 3NL up to High B26 3SE up to High B26 3SG up to High B26 3SQ up to High B26 3TH up to High B26 3TP up to High B26 3UG up to High B26 3XE up to High B26 3XH up to High B26 2NG up to Medium B26 2NH up to Medium B26 2PA up to Medium B26 2PB up to Medium B26 2QE up to Medium B26 3PP up to Medium B26 3PW up to Medium B26 3SH up to Medium B26 3UF up to Medium B26 3YG up to Medium B26 2JL up to Low B26 2QD up to Low B26 2RA up to Low B26 2RU up to Low B26 2TT up to Low B26 2UB up to Low B26 2UD up to Low B26 2UE up to Low B26 3DN up to Low B26 3EJ up to Low B26 3NR up to Low B26 3NW up to Low B26 3SL up to Low B26 3TU up to Low B26 3TW up to Low B26 3UB up to Low B26 3YA up to Low B26 3YF up to Low B26 3YL up to Low B26 3TR up to Very low B26 3TT up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B26

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

Bacons End on the River Cole — 4.2 km away, highest on record 1.96m
Swans Barn on the River Cole — 7.4 km away, highest on record 2.83m
Castle Farm on the River Blythe — 7.4 km away, highest on record 2.34m
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 7.9 km away, highest on record 2.50m

775 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (181 at warning level or above), most recently 31 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 30.7 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B25 B27 B24 B28 B23 B29 B30 B21

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.