Does ST8 flood?

Yes — parts of the ST8 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 12 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The ST8 postcode district covers Biddulph West, Great Chell & Packmoor, Biddulph North, Biddulph South, close to Knypersley, Congleton, Rushton Spencer, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and England.

12 postcodes in the ST8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 2 medium, 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 ST8 postcodes are at risk?

ST8 6BS up to High ST8 6QP up to High ST8 6SW up to High ST8 6SY up to High ST8 6BT up to Medium ST8 7QR up to Medium ST8 6RS up to Low ST8 6TZ up to Low ST8 6UE up to Low ST8 7QD up to Low ST8 7QQ up to Low ST8 7SE up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near ST8

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

Brookhouse Farm on the Ford Green Brook — 3.2 km away, highest on record 1.55m
Knypersley on the River Trent — 3.5 km away, highest on record 1.24m
Congleton Park on the River Dane — 6.3 km away, highest on record 1.35m
Hug Bridge on the River Dane — 7.9 km away, highest on record 2.56m

16 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (16 at warning level or above), most recently 6 January 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

DISB (1998) — about 0.9 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

ST7 ST9 ST10 ST6 ST11 ST5 ST12 ST4

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.