Does B7 flood?

Yes — parts of the B7 district carry real flood risk: 15 of its 35 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B7 postcode district covers Nechells, Gravelly Hill, close to Brookvale Road, Perry Barr, Edgbaston, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

35 postcodes in the B7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 15 high, 13 medium, 7 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 B7 postcodes are at risk?

B7 4NT up to High B7 5EA up to High B7 5EH up to High B7 5EW up to High B7 5JQ up to High B7 5RD up to High B7 5RX up to High B7 5SA up to High B7 5SE up to High B7 5SY up to High B7 5TE up to High B7 5TH up to High B7 5TJ up to High B7 5TQ up to High B7 5TR up to High B7 4HB up to Medium B7 4HH up to Medium B7 4RH up to Medium B7 4SA up to Medium B7 4SH up to Medium B7 4SN up to Medium B7 4SZ up to Medium B7 5AH up to Medium B7 5AU up to Medium B7 5EE up to Medium B7 5JX up to Medium B7 5QU up to Medium B7 5SB up to Medium B7 5EP up to Low B7 5HR up to Low B7 5JU up to Low B7 5PJ up to Low B7 5SG up to Low B7 5SH up to Low B7 5TS up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B7

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

540 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (123 at warning level or above), most recently 31 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

B6 B8 B5 B9 B4 B11 B12 B13

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.