Does ST20 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST20 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 10 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST20 postcode district covers Gnosall & Woodseaves, Seighford & Church Eaton, Eccleshall, close to Great Bridgeford, Broadeye Bridge, Stafford, Penkridge, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and Shropshire.

10 postcodes in the ST20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 3 medium, 4 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 ST20 postcodes are at risk?

ST20 0AD up to High ST20 0NB up to High ST20 0RQ up to High ST20 0BB up to Medium ST20 0EZ up to Medium ST20 0QL up to Medium ST20 0AE up to Low ST20 0AS up to Low ST20 0JF up to Low ST20 0RD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ST20

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

Whitleyford Bridge on the Lonco Brook — 6.7 km away, highest on record 1.27m
Great Bridgford on the River Sow — 8.9 km away, highest on record 1.49m
Shallowford on the Meece Brook — 9.7 km away, highest on record 1.30m
Broadeye Bridge on the River Sow — 10.8 km away, highest on record 2.46m

236 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006, most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

ST19 ST21 ST18 ST17 ST16 ST15 ST14 ST13

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.