Does B47 flood?

Yes — parts of the B47 district carry real flood risk: 11 of its 20 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B47 postcode district covers Hollywood, Drakes Cross, Alvechurch South, Wythall East, close to Major's Green, Cheswick Green, Selly Park, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

20 postcodes in the B47 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 11 high, 1 medium, 8 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 B47 postcodes are at risk?

B47 5JZ up to High B47 5LB up to High B47 5LD up to High B47 5LE up to High B47 5LH up to High B47 5LJ up to High B47 5LT up to High B47 5NY up to High B47 5PT up to High B47 5PU up to High B47 5PX up to High B47 6HA up to Medium B47 5DX up to Low B47 5DY up to Low B47 5EB up to Low B47 5HQ up to Low B47 5LS up to Low B47 5NR up to Low B47 5PA up to Low B47 6DU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B47

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

Solihull Lodge on the River Cole — 1.9 km away, highest on record 1.93m
Cheswick Green on the River Blythe — 4.7 km away, highest on record 1.73m
Selly Park on the River Rea — 5.5 km away, highest on record 1.82m
Longbridge on the River Rea — 7.5 km away, highest on record 1.65m

203 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (115 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 23.4 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B46 B48 B45 B49 B50 B43 B42 B40

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.