Does CV5 flood?

Yes — parts of the CV5 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 67 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CV5 postcode district covers Woodlands, Whoberley, Sherbourne, Bablake, close to Kenilworth, Stareton, Wolston, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Warwickshire.

67 postcodes in the CV5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 5 medium, 36 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).

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Which CV5 postcodes are at risk?

CV5 6AQ up to High CV5 6AS up to High CV5 6AT up to High CV5 7DU up to High CV5 7DY up to High CV5 7FE up to High CV5 7FG up to High CV5 7FH up to High CV5 7FJ up to High CV5 7FR up to High CV5 8AF up to High CV5 8GG up to High CV5 8GQ up to High CV5 8GR up to High CV5 8HJ up to High CV5 8NH up to High CV5 8NW up to High CV5 9AJ up to High CV5 9DP up to High CV5 9DS up to High CV5 9DT up to High CV5 9EY up to High CV5 9FE up to High CV5 9FG up to High CV5 9FH up to High CV5 6AU up to Medium CV5 7QB up to Medium CV5 8GP up to Medium CV5 8HX up to Medium CV5 9BU up to Medium CV5 6ES up to Low CV5 7DZ up to Low CV5 7ER up to Low CV5 7FL up to Low CV5 7FP up to Low CV5 7GF up to Low CV5 7GT up to Low CV5 7GU up to Low CV5 7HJ up to Low CV5 7HL up to Low CV5 7HU up to Low CV5 7HW up to Low CV5 7HY up to Low CV5 7HZ up to Low CV5 7JN up to Low CV5 7JP up to Low CV5 7JT up to Low CV5 7JU up to Low CV5 7LJ up to Low CV5 7NT up to Low CV5 7NU up to Low CV5 8AG up to Low CV5 8AP up to Low CV5 8FP up to Low CV5 8GF up to Low CV5 8GH up to Low CV5 8HL up to Low CV5 8HN up to Low CV5 8HQ up to Low CV5 8HW up to Low CV5 8JD up to Low CV5 8NB up to Low CV5 8ND up to Low CV5 8PF up to Low CV5 9AF up to Low CV5 9QY up to Low CV5 7LL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CV5

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

101 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (39 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CV4 CV6 CV3 CV7 CV2 CV8 CV1 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.