Does B76 flood?

Yes — parts of the B76 district carry real flood risk: 7 of its 23 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B76 postcode district covers Curdworth, Sutton Walmley & Minworth, Water Orton, close to Lea Marston, Swans Barn, Coleshill, Coleshill, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

23 postcodes in the B76 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 7 high, 3 medium, 13 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 B76 postcodes are at risk?

B76 0DN up to High B76 0DY up to High B76 0EE up to High B76 1AX up to High B76 9EH up to High B76 9JG up to High B76 9PU up to High B76 0BE up to Medium B76 1BA up to Medium B76 9BG up to Medium B76 0AA up to Low B76 0DT up to Low B76 0DW up to Low B76 0DX up to Low B76 0EA up to Low B76 0EF up to Low B76 0EG up to Low B76 0EQ up to Low B76 9BE up to Low B76 9ER up to Low B76 9HP up to Low B76 9JB up to Low B76 9JH up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B76

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

Lea Marston on the River Tame — 2.1 km away, highest on record 1.99m
Swans Barn on the River Cole — 4.6 km away, highest on record 2.83m
Castle Farm on the River Blythe — 6.2 km away, highest on record 2.34m
Bacons End on the River Cole — 7.1 km away, highest on record 1.96m

357 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (127 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

July 2007 Water Orton (2007) — about 3.4 km from the centre
December 1992 - River Trent (1992) — about 4.1 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B75 B77 B78 B73 B79 B80 B71 B70

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.