Does ST5 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST5 district carry real flood risk: 37 of its 77 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST5 postcode district covers Town, Silverdale, Cross Heath, Holditch & Chesterton, close to Hanfor Bridge, Stoke-On-Trent, Bucknall, Knypersley, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and England.

77 postcodes in the ST5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 37 high, 13 medium, 25 low, 2 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 ST5 postcodes are at risk?

ST5 2PQ up to High ST5 2SU up to High ST5 2TA up to High ST5 2TB up to High ST5 4DG up to High ST5 4EN up to High ST5 5HW up to High ST5 5JE up to High ST5 5JT up to High ST5 6BD up to High ST5 6BE up to High ST5 6JG up to High ST5 6JL up to High ST5 6LF up to High ST5 6LJ up to High ST5 6LQ up to High ST5 6LT up to High ST5 6PL up to High ST5 6PN up to High ST5 6PQ up to High ST5 6PY up to High ST5 6QA up to High ST5 6QB up to High ST5 6QD up to High ST5 7PJ up to High ST5 9AJ up to High ST5 9BJ up to High ST5 9BX up to High ST5 9DX up to High ST5 9EE up to High ST5 9EH up to High ST5 9HY up to High ST5 9JB up to High ST5 9JD up to High ST5 9PU up to High ST5 9PX up to High ST5 9QQ up to High ST5 2NB up to Medium ST5 2RN up to Medium ST5 2RP up to Medium ST5 2ST up to Medium ST5 2SY up to Medium ST5 2SZ up to Medium ST5 5HR up to Medium ST5 6BH up to Medium ST5 6BN up to Medium ST5 9BH up to Medium ST5 9BL up to Medium ST5 9BP up to Medium ST5 9JE up to Medium ST5 1LX up to Low ST5 2EF up to Low ST5 2ND up to Low ST5 2NQ up to Low ST5 2RR up to Low ST5 2SS up to Low ST5 2SX up to Low ST5 2TH up to Low ST5 3AA up to Low ST5 3AD up to Low ST5 3AE up to Low ST5 3AH up to Low ST5 3BN up to Low ST5 3BX up to Low ST5 3HU up to Low ST5 3HY up to Low ST5 3TF up to Low ST5 4DH up to Low ST5 4DL up to Low ST5 5JH up to Low ST5 6EH up to Low ST5 6HL up to Low ST5 9HE up to Low ST5 9LW up to Low ST5 9PT up to Low ST5 6JH up to Very low ST5 6JQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near ST5

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

90 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (12 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

ST4 ST6 ST3 ST7 ST2 ST8 ST1 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.