Does SY13 flood?

Yes — parts of the SY13 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 25 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SY13 postcode district covers Whitchurch West, Whitchurch South, Prees, Wrenbury, close to Coxbank, Nantwich, and surrounding villages in parts of Cheshire East and Shropshire.

25 postcodes in the SY13 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 4 medium, 17 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

Free preview first · full report £19

Which SY13 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near SY13

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

Audlem on the River Weaver — 11.2 km away, highest on record 2.87m
Ternhill on the River Tern — 12 km away, highest on record 1.58m
Shrewbridge on the River Weaver — 15.6 km away, highest on record 3.23m
Tattenhall High Street on the Mill Brook — 19.1 km away, highest on record 3.08m

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

Central Whitchurch Oct/ Nov 2000 01 (2000) — about 1.4 km from the centre
Clayton Drive, Whitchurch Oct/ Nov 2000 01 (2000) — about 2 km from the centre

🏠 Buying or renting in SY13? The full property flood-risk report covers any postcode here — the official likelihood band, every recorded flood nearby with distances, warning history year by year, how the local rivers behave, and an insurance outlook, print-ready for £19. See what's in the report →

Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

SY12 SY14 SY11 SY15 SY10 SY9 SY8 SY7

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.