Does B4 flood?

Yes — parts of the B4 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 4 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B4 postcode district covers Bordesley & Highgate, close to Edgbaston, Brookvale Road, Perry Barr, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

4 postcodes in the B4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 1 medium, 1 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 B4 postcodes are at risk?

B4 7XH up to High B4 7XY up to High B4 6PQ up to Medium B4 7XT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B4

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

Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 2.6 km away, highest on record 2.50m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 3.9 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Perry Park on the River Tame — 5.4 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Selly Park on the River Rea — 5.6 km away, highest on record 1.82m

546 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (131 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B11 B12 B13

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.