Does B28 flood?

Yes — parts of the B28 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 1 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B28 postcode district covers Hall Green South, Hall Green North, close to Major's Green, Selly Park, Edgbaston, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

1 postcode in the B28 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high. 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 B28 postcodes are at risk?

B28 8DB up to High

Rivers and flooding history near B28

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

Solihull Lodge on the River Cole — 3.3 km away, highest on record 1.93m
Selly Park on the River Rea — 4.7 km away, highest on record 1.82m
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 5 km away, highest on record 2.50m
Cheswick Green on the River Blythe — 6.1 km away, highest on record 1.73m

595 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (135 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):

M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 27.2 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B27 B29 B26 B30 B25 B31 B24 B32

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.