Does ST21 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST21 district carry real flood risk: 7 of its 13 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST21 postcode district covers Eccleshall, close to Meaford, Great Bridgeford, Hanfor Bridge, Stoke-On-Trent, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and England.

13 postcodes in the ST21 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 7 high, 3 medium, 3 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 ST21 postcodes are at risk?

ST21 6EN up to High ST21 6ER up to High ST21 6HA up to High ST21 6HZ up to High ST21 6QQ up to High ST21 6QT up to High ST21 6RF up to High ST21 6LG up to Medium ST21 6LX up to Medium ST21 6RP up to Medium ST21 6ND up to Low ST21 6QP up to Low ST21 6RR up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ST21

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

Shallowford on the Meece Brook — 6.8 km away, highest on record 1.30m
Darlaston on the River Trent — 7.5 km away, highest on record 2.94m
Great Bridgford on the River Sow — 8.8 km away, highest on record 1.49m
Whitleyford Bridge on the Lonco Brook — 11.1 km away, highest on record 1.27m

81 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (3 at warning level or above), most recently 20 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

ST20 ST19 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.