Does DY12 flood?

Yes — parts of the DY12 district carry real flood risk: 13 of its 48 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DY12 postcode district covers Wribbenhall & Arley, Stottesdon, Kinlet & Hopton Wafers, close to Bewdley, Wyre Forest, Kidderminster, and surrounding villages in parts of Worcestershire and Shropshire.

48 postcodes in the DY12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 13 high, 16 medium, 19 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 DY12 postcodes are at risk?

DY12 1AB up to High DY12 1AF up to High DY12 1AG up to High DY12 1AQ up to High DY12 1AR up to High DY12 1AS up to High DY12 1AX up to High DY12 1BA up to High DY12 1DW up to High DY12 1XA up to High DY12 2DP up to High DY12 2RE up to High DY12 3ND up to High DY12 1AE up to Medium DY12 1AP up to Medium DY12 1AY up to Medium DY12 1BN up to Medium DY12 1EJ up to Medium DY12 1EL up to Medium DY12 1EN up to Medium DY12 1EP up to Medium DY12 1ES up to Medium DY12 1ET up to Medium DY12 1PX up to Medium DY12 1XB up to Medium DY12 2EE up to Medium DY12 2LX up to Medium DY12 2TJ up to Medium DY12 3AA up to Medium DY12 1AD up to Low DY12 1AN up to Low DY12 1NA up to Low DY12 1PN up to Low DY12 2AF up to Low DY12 2AW up to Low DY12 2BF up to Low DY12 2DG up to Low DY12 2DQ up to Low DY12 2DS up to Low DY12 2DU up to Low DY12 2DX up to Low DY12 2DY up to Low DY12 2DZ up to Low DY12 2EF up to Low DY12 2LT up to Low DY12 2LU up to Low DY12 2SG up to Low DY12 3NJ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DY12

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

271 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (132 at warning level or above), most recently 28 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

DY11 DY13 DY10 DY14 DY9 DY8 DY7 DY6

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.