Does B65 flood?

Yes — parts of the B65 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 6 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B65 postcode district covers Langley, close to Halesowen, Halesowen Manor Way, Halesowen Dogkennel Lane, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

6 postcodes in the B65 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 1 medium, 2 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 B65 postcodes are at risk?

B65 0RL up to High B65 0RP up to High B65 0RR up to High B65 0RJ up to Medium B65 0NZ up to Low B65 0PF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B65

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

Halesowen on the River Stour — 3.1 km away, highest on record 2.72m
Halesowen Manor Way on the Illey Brook — 4.2 km away, highest on record 2.25m
Halesowen Dogkennel Lane on the River Stour — 4.3 km away, highest on record 1.47m
Sheepwash on the River Tame — 4.7 km away, highest on record 2.83m

254 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (128 at warning level or above), most recently 30 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B64 B66 B63 B62 B68 B61 B69 B60

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.