Does B96 flood?

Yes — parts of the B96 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 22 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The B96 postcode district covers Astwood Bank & Feckenham, Inkberrow, close to Feckenham, Studley, Stoke Prior, and surrounding villages in parts of Worcestershire and Warwickshire.

22 postcodes in the B96 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 3 medium, 9 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 B96 postcodes are at risk?

B96 6HY up to High B96 6HZ up to High B96 6JE up to High B96 6JR up to High B96 6PX up to High B96 6QB up to High B96 6RR up to High B96 6TB up to High B96 6TG up to High B96 6TJ up to High B96 6JT up to Medium B96 6PS up to Medium B96 6QS up to Medium B96 6HG up to Low B96 6HQ up to Low B96 6HX up to Low B96 6JJ up to Low B96 6JL up to Low B96 6NX up to Low B96 6QA up to Low B96 6QD up to Low B96 6QH up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near B96

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

Feckenham on the Bow Brook — 0.6 km away, highest on record 2.47m
Studley on the River Arrow — 7.1 km away, highest on record 2.72m
Stoke Prior on the River Salwarpe — 8.7 km away, highest on record 2.14m
Bromsgrove Factory Lane on the Spadesbourne Brook — 10.5 km away, highest on record 1.71m

381 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (27 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):

Bow Brook 012 (July 07) (2007) — about 5.5 km from the centre
Bow Brook 011 (July 07) (2007) — about 1.2 km from the centre
Bow Brook 010 (July 07) (2007) — about 0.9 km from the centre
M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 14.2 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

B95 B97 B94 B98 B93 B92 B91 B90

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.