Does ST16 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST16 district carry real flood risk: 8 of its 54 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST16 postcode district covers Forebridge, Coton, Doxey & Castletown, Common, close to Broadeye Bridge, Stafford, Great Bridgeford, Milford, and surrounding villages in Staffordshire.

54 postcodes in the ST16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 8 high, 12 medium, 33 low, 1 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 ST16 postcodes are at risk?

ST16 2QB up to High ST16 2QP up to High ST16 2QY up to High ST16 2SD up to High ST16 3ES up to High ST16 3HF up to High ST16 3HS up to High ST16 3NF up to High ST16 2DD up to Medium ST16 2EZ up to Medium ST16 2HB up to Medium ST16 2HH up to Medium ST16 2HJ up to Medium ST16 2HL up to Medium ST16 2HQ up to Medium ST16 2TT up to Medium ST16 3HB up to Medium ST16 3HE up to Medium ST16 3HG up to Medium ST16 3UF up to Medium ST16 1FQ up to Low ST16 1FS up to Low ST16 1FT up to Low ST16 1FU up to Low ST16 1FW up to Low ST16 1FX up to Low ST16 1FZ up to Low ST16 2AG up to Low ST16 2BS up to Low ST16 2ED up to Low ST16 2EW up to Low ST16 2NY up to Low ST16 2QT up to Low ST16 2QZ up to Low ST16 2RF up to Low ST16 3AD up to Low ST16 3AL up to Low ST16 3EG up to Low ST16 3FZ up to Low ST16 3HT up to Low ST16 3JT up to Low ST16 3NE up to Low ST16 3PR up to Low ST16 3SE up to Low ST16 3SF up to Low ST16 3SQ up to Low ST16 3SU up to Low ST16 3TA up to Low ST16 3TH up to Low ST16 3UE up to Low ST16 3WB up to Low ST16 3ZG up to Low ST16 3ZH up to Low ST16 3AH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near ST16

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

359 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (75 at warning level or above), most recently 3 September 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

ST15 ST17 ST14 ST18 ST13 ST19 ST12 ST20

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.