Does B48 flood?

Yes — parts of the B48 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 7 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B48 postcode district covers Alvechurch South, Wythall West, Alvechurch Village, close to Longbridge, Major's Green, Cheswick Green, and surrounding villages in parts of Worcestershire and West Midlands.

7 postcodes in the B48 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 2 medium. 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 B48 postcodes are at risk?

B48 7DJ up to High B48 7DX up to High B48 7JH up to High B48 7RT up to High B48 7SY up to High B48 7EP up to Medium B48 7JG up to Medium

Rivers and flooding history near B48

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

Longbridge on the River Rea — 6.4 km away, highest on record 1.65m
Solihull Lodge on the River Cole — 7.6 km away, highest on record 1.93m
Bromsgrove Burcot Avenue on the Spadesbourne Brook — 8 km away, highest on record 0.50m
Cheswick Green on the River Blythe — 8.6 km away, highest on record 1.73m

72 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (72 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):

M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 20.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B47 B49 B46 B50 B45 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.