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Does DY8 flood?

Yes — parts of the DY8 district carry real flood risk: 18 of its 39 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The DY8 postcode district covers Wollaston & Stourbridge Town, Amblecote, Wordsley North, Brierley Hill & Wordsley South, close to Stourbridge, Stourton, Swindon, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Worcestershire.

39 postcodes in the DY8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 18 high, 8 medium, 13 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 DY8 postcodes are at risk?

DY8 1HU up to High DY8 1JG up to High DY8 1JN up to High DY8 1UZ up to High DY8 1XB up to High DY8 2XY up to High DY8 3SS up to High DY8 4DZ up to High DY8 4GA up to High DY8 4GB up to High DY8 4GD up to High DY8 4GE up to High DY8 4GF up to High DY8 4GG up to High DY8 4LU up to High DY8 4LY up to High DY8 4LZ up to High DY8 5AB up to High DY8 1UN up to Medium DY8 1UX up to Medium DY8 3SW up to Medium DY8 4DU up to Medium DY8 5DS up to Medium DY8 5DX up to Medium DY8 5HS up to Medium DY8 5SH up to Medium DY8 4DA up to Low DY8 4DP up to Low DY8 4DW up to Low DY8 4EA up to Low DY8 4HE up to Low DY8 4HP up to Low DY8 4XE up to Low DY8 4XF up to Low DY8 4XQ up to Low DY8 5AJ up to Low DY8 5BD up to Low DY8 5SQ up to Low DY8 5TD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near DY8

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

393 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (72 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

🏠 Buying or renting in DY8? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

DY7 DY9 DY10 DY6 DY11 DY5 DY12 DY4

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.