Does CV3 flood?

Yes — parts of the CV3 district carry real flood risk: 6 of its 20 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CV3 postcode district covers Cheylesmore, Cubbington & Leek Wootton, Binley and Willenhall, Revel and Binley Woods, close to Stareton, Wolston, Kenilworth, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

20 postcodes in the CV3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 6 high, 1 medium, 12 low, 1 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).

Free preview first · full report £19

Which CV3 postcodes are at risk?

CV3 2AD up to High CV3 3PR up to High CV3 4BJ up to High CV3 4GB up to High CV3 6RJ up to High CV3 6SD up to High CV3 4AN up to Medium CV3 1FG up to Low CV3 2AB up to Low CV3 2DG up to Low CV3 2DN up to Low CV3 2RY up to Low CV3 3GU up to Low CV3 4BN up to Low CV3 4GD up to Low CV3 5AS up to Low CV3 6PJ up to Low CV3 6PR up to Low CV3 6PS up to Low CV3 4AU up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CV3

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

Charterhouse Bridge on the River Sherbourne — 1.9 km away, highest on record 2.01m
Hope Street, Coventry on the River Sherbourne — 3.5 km away, highest on record 2.54m
Sir Henry Parkes Road on the Canley Brook — 4.7 km away, highest on record 1.45m
Stareton on the River Avon — 5.5 km away, highest on record 2.70m

206 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (144 at warning level or above), most recently 27 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Ryton on Dunsmore (1998) — about 3.9 km from the centre
Baginton (1998) — about 2.9 km from the centre
Bubbenhall (1998) — about 2.9 km from the centre

🏠 Buying or renting in CV3? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CV2 CV4 CV1 CV5 CV6 CV7 CV8 CV9

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.