Does B49 flood?

Yes — parts of the B49 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 77 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B49 postcode district covers Alcester West, Alcester East, Salford Priors & Alcester Rural, Kinwarton, close to Broom, Bidford on Avon, Little Alne, and surrounding villages in parts of Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

77 postcodes in the B49 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 29 medium, 28 low, 5 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 B49 postcodes are at risk?

B49 5JA up to High B49 5NL up to High B49 5PH up to High B49 5PS up to High B49 5QG up to High B49 5QR up to High B49 5RB up to High B49 6DA up to High B49 6DG up to High B49 6EP up to High B49 6ES up to High B49 6JA up to High B49 6LL up to High B49 6LQ up to High B49 6QH up to High B49 5AA up to Medium B49 5AB up to Medium B49 5AF up to Medium B49 5AR up to Medium B49 5AS up to Medium B49 5AT up to Medium B49 5AU up to Medium B49 5AX up to Medium B49 5BW up to Medium B49 5BX up to Medium B49 5DA up to Medium B49 5DB up to Medium B49 5DE up to Medium B49 5DF up to Medium B49 5DL up to Medium B49 5DP up to Medium B49 5DX up to Medium B49 5PJ up to Medium B49 5QP up to Medium B49 5QX up to Medium B49 5RA up to Medium B49 6AR up to Medium B49 6AT up to Medium B49 6BA up to Medium B49 6BB up to Medium B49 6BD up to Medium B49 6BE up to Medium B49 6DL up to Medium B49 6PU up to Medium B49 5AD up to Low B49 5AP up to Low B49 5AY up to Low B49 5BA up to Low B49 5DD up to Low B49 5DJ up to Low B49 5DU up to Low B49 5HD up to Low B49 5LS up to Low B49 5QY up to Low B49 6AE up to Low B49 6AF up to Low B49 6AG up to Low B49 6AQ up to Low B49 6AS up to Low B49 6AZ up to Low B49 6BG up to Low B49 6BH up to Low B49 6BL up to Low B49 6BN up to Low B49 6BQ up to Low B49 6BW up to Low B49 6EA up to Low B49 6HR up to Low B49 6LP up to Low B49 6LS up to Low B49 6LT up to Low B49 6PX up to Low B49 5AZ up to Very low B49 5BB up to Very low B49 5BH up to Very low B49 5BJ up to Very low B49 5BL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B49

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

255 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (104 at warning level or above), most recently 12 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B48 B50 B47 B46 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.