Does ST17 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST17 district carry real flood risk: 6 of its 34 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST17 postcode district covers Penkside, Forebridge, Manor, Haywood & Hixon, close to Broadeye Bridge, Stafford, Milford, Great Haywood, and surrounding villages in Staffordshire.

34 postcodes in the ST17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 6 high, 8 medium, 20 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 ST17 postcodes are at risk?

ST17 0UW up to High ST17 4PB up to High ST17 9BX up to High ST17 9BY up to High ST17 9DQ up to High ST17 9EQ up to High ST17 0XA up to Medium ST17 0XS up to Medium ST17 0YA up to Medium ST17 4BG up to Medium ST17 4HA up to Medium ST17 4JD up to Medium ST17 4JX up to Medium ST17 4NT up to Medium ST17 0XJ up to Low ST17 4AA up to Low ST17 4BD up to Low ST17 4EB up to Low ST17 4ED up to Low ST17 4EZ up to Low ST17 4FF up to Low ST17 4FJ up to Low ST17 4HF up to Low ST17 4HZ up to Low ST17 4LJ up to Low ST17 4LP up to Low ST17 4LZ up to Low ST17 4NA up to Low ST17 4TJ up to Low ST17 9DB up to Low ST17 9DE up to Low ST17 9QS up to Low ST17 9QW up to Low ST17 9RB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ST17

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

363 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (81 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

ST16 ST18 ST15 ST19 ST14 ST20 ST13 ST21

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.