Does B42 flood?

Yes — parts of the B42 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 52 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B42 postcode district covers Perry Barr, Handsworth Wood, Newton, close to Brookvale Road, Sandwell Valley, Walsall, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Staffordshire.

52 postcodes in the B42 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 7 medium, 32 low, 12 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 B42 postcodes are at risk?

B42 1EA up to High B42 1AB up to Medium B42 1DY up to Medium B42 1NN up to Medium B42 1RF up to Medium B42 1SG up to Medium B42 1SH up to Medium B42 1TX up to Medium B42 1AA up to Low B42 1BP up to Low B42 1BZ up to Low B42 1DT up to Low B42 1DU up to Low B42 1RE up to Low B42 1RG up to Low B42 1RQ up to Low B42 1SP up to Low B42 1SY up to Low B42 1TA up to Low B42 1TU up to Low B42 1UD up to Low B42 2EX up to Low B42 2EY up to Low B42 2FX up to Low B42 2FY up to Low B42 2GA up to Low B42 2GB up to Low B42 2GD up to Low B42 2GE up to Low B42 2GF up to Low B42 2GG up to Low B42 2GH up to Low B42 2GJ up to Low B42 2GR up to Low B42 2GS up to Low B42 2HB up to Low B42 2LA up to Low B42 2LB up to Low B42 2TU up to Low B42 2TX up to Low B42 1DR up to Very low B42 1RH up to Very low B42 1RL up to Very low B42 1SJ up to Very low B42 1SW up to Very low B42 2GL up to Very low B42 2GN up to Very low B42 2GP up to Very low B42 2GQ up to Very low B42 2LE up to Very low B42 2TA up to Very low B42 2UB up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B42

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

Perry Park on the River Tame — 0.6 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 1.8 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 2.9 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Bescot on the River Tame — 6.8 km away, highest on record 3.51m

345 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (86 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):

July 2007 Brook Vale Road (2007) — about 1.8 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B43 B40 B45 B38 B46 B37 B47 B36

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.