Does B43 flood?

Yes — parts of the B43 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 8 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B43 postcode district covers Newton, Charlemont with Grove Vale, close to Sandwell Valley, Perry Barr, Walsall, and surrounding villages in West Midlands.

8 postcodes in the B43 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 3 low, 4 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 B43 postcodes are at risk?

B43 5AG up to High B43 5EH up to Low B43 5TD up to Low B43 5TH up to Low B43 5EJ up to Very low B43 5TB up to Very low B43 6JE up to Very low B43 6JF up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B43

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

Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 0.3 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Perry Park on the River Tame — 2.4 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Bescot on the River Tame — 3.8 km away, highest on record 3.51m
Park Hill on the River Tame — 4.6 km away, highest on record 2.73m

295 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (36 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B42 B45 B40 B46 B47 B38 B48 B37

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.