Does B71 flood?

Parts of the B71 district carry moderate flood risk: 11 of its 51 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's Medium likelihood band. The B71 postcode district covers Hateley Heath, Charlemont with Grove Vale, Wednesbury South, Newton, close to Park Hill, Walsall, Sandwell Valley, and surrounding villages in West Midlands.

51 postcodes in the B71 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 11 medium, 36 low, 4 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 B71 postcodes are at risk?

B71 1BD up to Medium B71 1JB up to Medium B71 1JD up to Medium B71 1JF up to Medium B71 1JH up to Medium B71 1JQ up to Medium B71 1JT up to Medium B71 1PU up to Medium B71 1PY up to Medium B71 1QE up to Medium B71 2BT up to Medium B71 1AR up to Low B71 1AS up to Low B71 1AZ up to Low B71 1BA up to Low B71 1BS up to Low B71 1ES up to Low B71 1JE up to Low B71 1JL up to Low B71 1JZ up to Low B71 1LB up to Low B71 1QD up to Low B71 1QH up to Low B71 1QJ up to Low B71 2BS up to Low B71 2BU up to Low B71 2BX up to Low B71 2EG up to Low B71 2EU up to Low B71 2EX up to Low B71 2HA up to Low B71 2HB up to Low B71 2HD up to Low B71 2HG up to Low B71 2HH up to Low B71 2HT up to Low B71 2HU up to Low B71 2NS up to Low B71 2NX up to Low B71 2NZ up to Low B71 2PA up to Low B71 2PB up to Low B71 2PE up to Low B71 3QH up to Low B71 3QJ up to Low B71 3QL up to Low B71 3QQ up to Low B71 3QN up to Very low B71 3QR up to Very low B71 3QS up to Very low B71 3SZ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B71

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

60 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (23 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B70 B69 B73 B68 B75 B66 B76 B65

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.