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Does B49 5DA flood?

Up to Medium likelihood

Properties in B49 5DA sit in the Environment Agency's Medium flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%3931
Low0.1% – 1%51
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a medium-likelihood area has a 22–57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around B49 5DA

The ground here sits at about 41 m above sea level and falls 9 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 3.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around B495DA, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 41 m above sea level and falls 9 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 3.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of B49 5DA, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for B49 5DA

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
B49 5DA
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the medium likelihood band; 5 recorded floods nearby; 255 official warnings since 2006.

D Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Medium
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around B49 5DA. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near B49 5DA

255
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
104
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-03-12)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jul 2007 Alcester_07_2007 ~0.2 km
Jul 2007 Wixford_07_2007 ~2.3 km
Jan 1985 M_LS_Jan_1985 ~5.6 km
Jan 1985 1985 (Lower Severn) ~7.2 km
Jan 1960 Alcester ~0.4 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 10 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 7 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 6 warnings nearby) · Gerrit (2023, 4 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for B49 5DA

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Broom River Arrow 4.0 km 0.49 m 3.22 m
Bidford on Avon River Avon 5.9 km 2.60 m 4.43 m
Little Alne River Alne 6.2 km 1.33 m 3.38 m
Studley River Arrow 6.5 km 0.81 m 2.72 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Fairwater Crescent Sps River Alne 0.7 km 19 (2024) 154
Alcester (oversley Green) Stw River Arrow 0.9 km 2 (2024) 15
Alcester (oversley Green) Stw River Arrow 0.9 km 114 (2024) 1,657
Kings Coughton -birmingham Road Sps Tributary Of River Arrow 1.5 km 22 (2024) 138

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

26 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~151 m (natural high ground, embankment, wall). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

B49 5AA up to Medium B49 5AB up to Medium B49 5AD up to Low B49 5AF up to Medium B49 5AP up to Low 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 5AY up to Low B49 5AZ up to Very low

At-risk postcodes near B49 5DA — all in the B49 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the B49 district.