Does ST6 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST6 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 10 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST6 postcode district covers Burslem, Ford Green & Smallthorne, Tunstall, Bradwell, close to Bucknall, Knypersley, Hanfor Bridge, Stoke-On-Trent, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and England.

10 postcodes in the ST6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 6 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 ST6 postcodes are at risk?

ST6 1NG up to High ST6 4NU up to High ST6 4PB up to High ST6 8BJ up to High ST6 1ND up to Low ST6 4LY up to Low ST6 4ND up to Low ST6 4NE up to Low ST6 4NF up to Low ST6 4NP up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ST6

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

Brookhouse Farm on the Ford Green Brook — 4.3 km away, highest on record 1.55m
Liverpool Road, Stoke-On-Trent on the Fowlea Brook — 4.7 km away, highest on record 2.36m
Newcastle Under Lyme on the Lyme Brook — 4.8 km away, highest on record 2.31m
Knypersley on the River Trent — 5 km away, highest on record 1.24m

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

ST5 ST7 ST4 ST8 ST3 ST9 ST10 ST2

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.