Does B91 flood?

Yes — parts of the B91 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 15 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B91 postcode district covers St Alphege, Knowle, Bickenhill, Silhill, close to Cheswick Green, Major's Green, Marston Green, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

15 postcodes in the B91 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 3 medium, 7 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 B91 postcodes are at risk?

B91 1SE up to High B91 2SY up to High B91 3HX up to High B91 3HZ up to High B91 3JW up to High B91 1SR up to Medium B91 2SU up to Medium B91 3HG up to Medium B91 1ND up to Low B91 1NR up to Low B91 3HH up to Low B91 3HP up to Low B91 3QD up to Low B91 3RN up to Low B91 3SZ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B91

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

Cheswick Green on the River Blythe — 4.4 km away, highest on record 1.73m
Solihull Lodge on the River Cole — 5.5 km away, highest on record 1.93m
Bacons End on the River Cole — 9 km away, highest on record 1.96m
Selly Park on the River Rea — 9.9 km away, highest on record 1.82m

458 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (86 at warning level or above), most recently 31 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

033_Cheswick_07_2007_01 (2007) — about 4.3 km from the centre
M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 25 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B90 B92 B93 B94 B95 B96 B97 B98

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.