Does CV7 8AW flood?

Not in an at-risk area

CV7 8AW has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in CV7 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for CV7 8AW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
CV7 8AW
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 91 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
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Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around CV7 8AW. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near CV7 8AW

91
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2012
29
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-28)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Henk (2024, 3 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 3 warnings nearby) · Imogen (2016, 2 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for CV7 8AW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Longford River Sowe 5.6 km 3.04 m 1.73 m
Hall Green Road River Sowe 6.7 km 2.15 m 2.10 m
Holyhead Road River Sherbourne 7.0 km 1.10 m 1.59 m
Hope Street, Coventry River Sherbourne 8.4 km 3.08 m 2.54 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Fillongley - Tamworth Road Sps Didgley Brook 3.0 km 52 (2024) 345
Coventry - Nunts Lane (cso) Chaddesden Brook 4.2 km 7 (2024) 1
Holbrooks - Whitmore Park Road (cso) River Sowe 4.9 km 0 (2024) 0

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near CV7 8AW — all in the CV7 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the CV7 district.