Does SY4 flood?

Yes — parts of the SY4 district carry real flood risk: 21 of its 60 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SY4 postcode district covers Tern, Loton, The Meres, Wem, close to Yeaton, Shrewsbury, Montford, and surrounding villages in parts of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.

60 postcodes in the SY4 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 21 high, 9 medium, 29 low, 1 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 SY4 postcodes are at risk?

SY4 1BP up to High SY4 1BS up to High SY4 1BT up to High SY4 1BU up to High SY4 1BW up to High SY4 1ED up to High SY4 1EH up to High SY4 3HW up to High SY4 3NE up to High SY4 3RN up to High SY4 3RP up to High SY4 4AG up to High SY4 4AH up to High SY4 4LR up to High SY4 4QU up to High SY4 4RS up to High SY4 4SY up to High SY4 5HG up to High SY4 5NU up to High SY4 5QF up to High SY4 5RP up to High SY4 1AJ up to Medium SY4 1AP up to Medium SY4 1AW up to Medium SY4 1BJ up to Medium SY4 1BL up to Medium SY4 1EQ up to Medium SY4 4SN up to Medium SY4 5SH up to Medium SY4 5SX up to Medium SY4 1DA up to Low SY4 1DT up to Low SY4 1EE up to Low SY4 1ER up to Low SY4 1EX up to Low SY4 2BT up to Low SY4 3HH up to Low SY4 3JS up to Low SY4 3RD up to Low SY4 3RL up to Low SY4 3SD up to Low SY4 4BA up to Low SY4 4BS up to Low SY4 4EH up to Low SY4 4HR up to Low SY4 4HS up to Low SY4 4LH up to Low SY4 4PU up to Low SY4 4QL up to Low SY4 4SE up to Low SY4 4TB up to Low SY4 4UD up to Low SY4 5DU up to Low SY4 5EX up to Low SY4 5NE up to Low SY4 5NN up to Low SY4 5NQ up to Low SY4 5QG up to Low SY4 5TU up to Low SY4 5HF up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SY4

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

106 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (106 at warning level or above), most recently 10 December 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.