Does B66 flood?

Yes — parts of the B66 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 6 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B66 postcode district covers Soho and Victoria, close to Perry Barr, Sandwell Valley, Brookvale Road, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

6 postcodes in the B66 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 4 medium, 1 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 B66 postcodes are at risk?

B66 2LQ up to High B66 2LL up to Medium B66 2NZ up to Medium B66 2PD up to Medium B66 2PF up to Medium B66 2PU up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B66

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

Perry Park on the River Tame — 3.8 km away, highest on record 3.39m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 3.9 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Brookvale Road on the River Tame — 5 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Calthorpe Park on the River Rea — 5.6 km away, highest on record 2.50m

422 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (163 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

B65 B64 B68 B63 B69 B62 B70 B61

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.