Does DY2 flood?

Yes — parts of the DY2 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 9 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DY2 postcode district covers Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood, Netherton & Holly Hall, close to Halesowen, Halesowen Dogkennel Lane, Halesowen Manor Way, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

9 postcodes in the DY2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 2 low, 5 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 DY2 postcodes are at risk?

DY2 0DJ up to High DY2 9NG up to High DY2 9NA up to Low DY2 9NL up to Low DY2 0DX up to Very low DY2 9LT up to Very low DY2 9LW up to Very low DY2 9SN up to Very low DY2 9SW up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near DY2

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

Halesowen on the River Stour — 2.1 km away, highest on record 2.72m
Halesowen Dogkennel Lane on the River Stour — 4.3 km away, highest on record 1.47m
Halesowen Manor Way on the Illey Brook — 4.5 km away, highest on record 2.25m
Stourbridge on the River Stour — 4.9 km away, highest on record 2.26m

264 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (82 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DY3 DY4 DY5 DY6 DY7 DY8 DY9 DY10

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.