Does B70 flood?

Yes — parts of the B70 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 5 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B70 postcode district covers Greets Green and Lyng, West Bromwich Central, Great Bridge, close to Sheepwash, Tipton, Park Hill, Sandwell Valley, and surrounding villages in West Midlands.

5 postcodes in the B70 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 1 medium. 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 B70 postcodes are at risk?

B70 0AW up to High B70 0HQ up to High B70 7JB up to High B70 8HY up to High B70 7JE up to Medium

Rivers and flooding history near B70

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

Sheepwash on the River Tame — 2.2 km away, highest on record 2.83m
Park Hill on the River Tame — 4.8 km away, highest on record 2.73m
Sandwell Woodend on the River Tame — 5 km away, highest on record 3.11m
Bescot on the River Tame — 5.2 km away, highest on record 3.51m

225 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (99 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 B71 B68 B73 B66 B65 B75 B64

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.