Does B79 flood?

Yes — parts of the B79 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 108 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B79 postcode district covers Mercian, Castle, Whittington & Streethay, Mease Valley, close to Hopwas, Lady Bridge, Elford, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and Warwickshire.

108 postcodes in the B79 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 11 medium, 85 low, 3 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 B79 postcodes are at risk?

B79 0AU up to High B79 7AG up to High B79 7HD up to High B79 7XF up to High B79 7YL up to High B79 9BE up to High B79 9BJ up to High B79 9BZ up to High B79 9DA up to High B79 0ED up to Medium B79 7HY up to Medium B79 7JD up to Medium B79 7JJ up to Medium B79 7JU up to Medium B79 7ND up to Medium B79 7PB up to Medium B79 7PD up to Medium B79 9BL up to Medium B79 9BQ up to Medium B79 9ES up to Medium B79 0BX up to Low B79 7AH up to Low B79 7BU up to Low B79 7DT up to Low B79 7DU up to Low B79 7ET up to Low B79 7FF up to Low B79 7FH up to Low B79 7HF up to Low B79 7HT up to Low B79 7JF up to Low B79 7JH up to Low B79 7QJ up to Low B79 7QL up to Low B79 7QN up to Low B79 7QP up to Low B79 7QQ up to Low B79 7QR up to Low B79 7QS up to Low B79 7QU up to Low B79 7QW up to Low B79 7QY up to Low B79 7QZ up to Low B79 7RA up to Low B79 7RG up to Low B79 7RR up to Low B79 7RU up to Low B79 7SD up to Low B79 7SF up to Low B79 7SG up to Low B79 7SH up to Low B79 7SJ up to Low B79 7SP up to Low B79 7SQ up to Low B79 7SS up to Low B79 7ST up to Low B79 7SU up to Low B79 7SW up to Low B79 7SZ up to Low B79 7TA up to Low B79 7TF up to Low B79 7TH up to Low B79 7TJ up to Low B79 7TL up to Low B79 7TN up to Low B79 7TR up to Low B79 7TS up to Low B79 7TU up to Low B79 7TW up to Low B79 7TX up to Low B79 7TY up to Low B79 7TZ up to Low B79 7UA up to Low B79 7UB up to Low B79 7UD up to Low B79 7UF up to Low B79 7UG up to Low B79 7UH up to Low B79 7UJ up to Low B79 7UL up to Low B79 7UP up to Low B79 7UQ up to Low B79 7UR up to Low B79 7US up to Low B79 7UT up to Low B79 7UU up to Low B79 7UW up to Low B79 7UX up to Low B79 7XA up to Low B79 7XB up to Low B79 7XD up to Low B79 7XE up to Low B79 7XH up to Low B79 9BG up to Low B79 9BP up to Low B79 9BT up to Low B79 9BU up to Low B79 9BX up to Low B79 9DB up to Low B79 9DG up to Low B79 9DQ up to Low B79 9HR up to Low B79 9HW up to Low B79 9JN up to Low B79 9LL up to Low B79 3HB up to Very low B79 3HU up to Very low B79 8NN up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near B79

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

373 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (97 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B78 B80 B77 B76 B75 B73 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.