Does ST3 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST3 district carry real flood risk: 3 of its 14 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST3 postcode district covers Hollybush, Blurton, Meir Park, close to Hanfor Bridge, Stoke-On-Trent, Bucknall, Meaford, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and England.

14 postcodes in the ST3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 3 high, 6 medium, 5 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 ST3 postcodes are at risk?

ST3 3AY up to High ST3 3AZ up to High ST3 3BA up to High ST3 2AH up to Medium ST3 2EL up to Medium ST3 2EU up to Medium ST3 2EW up to Medium ST3 2EZ up to Medium ST3 3AX up to Medium ST3 2BF up to Low ST3 2BJ up to Low ST3 2ET up to Low ST3 2EY up to Low ST3 6HP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ST3

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

Hanford Bridge on the River Trent — 3.2 km away, highest on record 2.33m
Liverpool Road, Stoke-On-Trent on the Fowlea Brook — 3.7 km away, highest on record 2.36m
Blythe Bridge on the River Blithe — 5.4 km away, highest on record 1.66m
Newcastle Under Lyme on the Lyme Brook — 6 km away, highest on record 2.31m

92 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (14 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

ST2 ST4 ST1 ST5 ST6 ST7 ST8 ST9

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.