Does B34 flood?

Yes — parts of the B34 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 4 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B34 postcode district covers Bromford & Hodge Hill, close to Water Orton, Marston Green, Brookvale Road, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

4 postcodes in the B34 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 2 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 B34 postcodes are at risk?

B34 6ED up to High B34 6HH up to High B34 6EA up to Low B34 6EE up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B34

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

Bacons End on the River Cole — 4.7 km away, highest on record 1.96m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 6 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Swans Barn on the River Cole — 6.6 km away, highest on record 2.83m
Castle Farm on the River Blythe — 7.5 km away, highest on record 2.34m

538 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 31 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B33 B35 B32 B36 B31 B37 B30 B38

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.