Does B68 flood?

Yes — parts of the B68 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 17 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B68 postcode district covers Langley, Bristnall, close to Halesowen, Halesowen Manor Way, Halesowen Dogkennel Lane, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

17 postcodes in the B68 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 1 low, 1 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 B68 postcodes are at risk?

B68 8AA up to High B68 8AB up to High B68 8AD up to High B68 8AE up to High B68 8AF up to High B68 8AG up to High B68 8BF up to High B68 8BG up to High B68 8BN up to High B68 8BP up to High B68 8LU up to High B68 8LX up to High B68 8LY up to High B68 8LZ up to High B68 8NE up to High B68 8NN up to Low B68 8AQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B68

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

Halesowen on the River Stour — 3.7 km away, highest on record 2.72m
Halesowen Manor Way on the Illey Brook — 4.3 km away, highest on record 2.25m
Halesowen Dogkennel Lane on the River Stour — 4.5 km away, highest on record 1.47m
Sheepwash on the River Tame — 5.1 km away, highest on record 2.83m

257 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (131 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

B69 B66 B70 B65 B71 B64 B63 B73

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.