Does B62 flood?

Yes — parts of the B62 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 1 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B62 postcode district covers Belbroughton & Romsley, close to Halesowen Dogkennel Lane, Halesowen Manor Way, Halesowen, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

1 postcode in the B62 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high. 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 B62 postcodes are at risk?

B62 8RW up to High

Rivers and flooding history near B62

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

Halesowen Dogkennel Lane on the River Stour — 2.5 km away, highest on record 1.47m
Halesowen Manor Way on the Illey Brook — 2.5 km away, highest on record 2.25m
Halesowen on the River Stour — 4.6 km away, highest on record 2.72m
Longbridge on the River Rea — 4.9 km away, highest on record 1.65m

110 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (110 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):

Illey Bk flood from Manor Way to Halesmere Way (2008) — about 2.6 km from the centre
River Stour, Overbury Cl and Grange Cr Halesowen (2008) — about 2.6 km from the centre
M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 31 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B61 B63 B60 B64 B65 B66 B68 B69

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.