Does CV7 flood?

Yes — parts of the CV7 district carry real flood risk: 9 of its 25 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The CV7 postcode district covers Fillongley, Revel and Binley Woods, Bede, Meriden, close to Nuneaton, Coleshill, Mancetter, and surrounding villages in parts of Warwickshire and West Midlands.

25 postcodes in the CV7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 9 high, 6 medium, 8 low, 2 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 CV7 postcodes are at risk?

CV7 7EF up to High CV7 7EU up to High CV7 7LJ up to High CV7 7SA up to High CV7 8EW up to High CV7 8GD up to High CV7 8PA up to High CV7 9GW up to High CV7 9LQ up to High CV7 8AT up to Medium CV7 9GX up to Medium CV7 9GZ up to Medium CV7 9LL up to Medium CV7 9LS up to Medium CV7 9LT up to Medium CV7 7HF up to Low CV7 7HJ up to Low CV7 7HL up to Low CV7 8ET up to Low CV7 8FG up to Low CV7 9DL up to Low CV7 9HY up to Low CV7 9PG up to Low CV7 9PE up to Very low CV7 9PF up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near CV7

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

Longford on the River Sowe — 3.7 km away, highest on record 1.73m
Hall Green Road on the River Sowe — 4.8 km away, highest on record 2.10m
Holyhead Road on the River Sherbourne — 4.8 km away, highest on record 1.59m
Hope Street, Coventry on the River Sherbourne — 6.1 km away, highest on record 2.54m

84 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (22 at warning level or above), most recently 28 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

02 Dec 2008 (2008) — about 3.6 km from the centre
M_LS_Jan_1985 (1985) — about 35.8 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

CV6 CV8 CV5 CV9 CV10 CV4 CV11 CV3

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.