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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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.
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.