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No property in an EA risk band
No property in B31 5PY appears in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset. That dataset covers one of five flood sources. It is area-level, it covers rivers and the sea only, and it is never proof a place cannot flood — surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately. See the at-risk postcodes in B31 or get the full picture below.
B31 5PY gets about 832 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 82 mm; driest March, 56 mm). That is 28% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 3.1 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ground here sits at about 187 m above sea level and falls 38 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south, 5.0 m higher.
The river map has no watercourse within 1 km of the centre of B31 5PY.
That means this spot is not on the river map, not that there is no water here: Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers) leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.
Because 1 recorded flood outline mapped nearby; 230 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around B31 5PY. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
| Date | Mapped flood extent | Approx. distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1985 | M_LS_Jan_1985 | ~28.7 km |
These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.
Babet (2023, 14 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here · Darragh (2024, 5 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here · Bert (2024, 5 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here · Henk (2024, 4 warnings nearby) ▶ replay it here
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longbridge | River Rea | 2.3 km | 1.50 m | 1.65 m |
| Halesowen Manor Way | Illey Brook | 4.6 km | 1.00 m | 2.25 m |
| Halesowen Dogkennel Lane | River Stour | 4.9 km | 1.00 m | 1.47 m |
| Selly Park | River Rea | 5.8 km | 1.10 m | 1.82 m |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mill Walk Cso | River Rea | 1.9 km | 2 (2024) | 2 |
| Mill Lane Combined Sewage Overflow | River Rea | 2.0 km | 20 (2024) | 14 |
| Ss From Quarry Lane Cso Northfield | River Rea | 2.0 km | 10 (2024) | 4 |
| Church Rd Cso | Trib Of The Bourn | 2.0 km | 1 (2024) | 0 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.
At-risk postcodes near B31 5PY — all in the B31 district.
© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring (England); live overflow status © the water companies, incl. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Scottish Water. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the B31 district.