Does B6 flood?

Yes — parts of the B6 district carry real flood risk: 45 of its 71 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B6 postcode district covers Aston, Nechells, Perry Barr, Newtown, close to Brookvale Road, Sandwell Valley, Edgbaston, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

71 postcodes in the B6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 45 high, 9 medium, 15 low, 2 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 B6 postcodes are at risk?

B6 4AE up to High B6 4PQ up to High B6 4PT up to High B6 4RU up to High B6 6SN up to High B6 6SP up to High B6 7AR up to High B6 7AS up to High B6 7BE up to High B6 7BG up to High B6 7BY up to High B6 7DF up to High B6 7DG up to High B6 7DH up to High B6 7DJ up to High B6 7DL up to High B6 7DP up to High B6 7DQ up to High B6 7DR up to High B6 7DS up to High B6 7DT up to High B6 7DU up to High B6 7DX up to High B6 7DY up to High B6 7EA up to High B6 7EB up to High B6 7ED up to High B6 7EE up to High B6 7EF up to High B6 7EP up to High B6 7EQ up to High B6 7ET up to High B6 7EU up to High B6 7EX up to High B6 7EZ up to High B6 7HL up to High B6 7HS up to High B6 7JF up to High B6 7JJ up to High B6 7JR up to High B6 7RT up to High B6 7RU up to High B6 7SE up to High B6 7SH up to High B6 7SJ up to High B6 4PL up to Medium B6 6QT up to Medium B6 7AX up to Medium B6 7AY up to Medium B6 7BT up to Medium B6 7BX up to Medium B6 7DN up to Medium B6 7EY up to Medium B6 7QX up to Medium B6 4DS up to Low B6 4DT up to Low B6 4DU up to Low B6 4DY up to Low B6 4SL up to Low B6 4XA up to Low B6 7AF up to Low B6 7AN up to Low B6 7AP up to Low B6 7BB up to Low B6 7BU up to Low B6 7QY up to Low B6 7SS up to Low B6 7TG up to Low B6 7UG up to Low B6 6QU up to Very low B6 6QX up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B6

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

539 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (124 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.