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Does SY5 flood?

Yes — parts of the SY5 district carry real flood risk: 39 of its 108 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The SY5 postcode district covers Longden, Rea Valley, Burnell, Chirbury & Worthen, close to Hookagate, Montford, Shrewsbury, and surrounding villages in parts of Shropshire and Powys.

108 postcodes in the SY5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 39 high, 12 medium, 53 low, 4 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 SY5 postcodes are at risk?

SY5 0AG up to High SY5 0BA up to High SY5 0HU up to High SY5 0JH up to High SY5 0JL up to High SY5 0JW up to High SY5 0PU up to High SY5 0QH up to High SY5 0QY up to High SY5 0RF up to High SY5 0SJ up to High SY5 0ST up to High SY5 0UF up to High SY5 6AP up to High SY5 7AL up to High SY5 7BH up to High SY5 7EJ up to High SY5 7EL up to High SY5 7LB up to High SY5 7LJ up to High SY5 7PP up to High SY5 8AN up to High SY5 8AT up to High SY5 8EW up to High SY5 8EX up to High SY5 8JD up to High SY5 8JN up to High SY5 8JW up to High SY5 8LR up to High SY5 8QP up to High SY5 8RG up to High SY5 9DA up to High SY5 9LB up to High SY5 9LE up to High SY5 9PU up to High SY5 9QL up to High SY5 9QQ up to High SY5 9QY up to High SY5 9RD up to High SY5 0AA up to Medium SY5 0FD up to Medium SY5 0SB up to Medium SY5 6HL up to Medium SY5 6NT up to Medium SY5 7BG up to Medium SY5 7EB up to Medium SY5 9AF up to Medium SY5 9PZ up to Medium SY5 9QX up to Medium SY5 9RB up to Medium SY5 9RG up to Medium SY5 0BD up to Low SY5 0BG up to Low SY5 0BQ up to Low SY5 0BX up to Low SY5 0EF up to Low SY5 0EH up to Low SY5 0EJ up to Low SY5 0HT up to Low SY5 0HY up to Low SY5 0JA up to Low SY5 0JB up to Low SY5 0RJ up to Low SY5 0RL up to Low SY5 0SQ up to Low SY5 0TR up to Low SY5 0UQ up to Low SY5 6AA up to Low SY5 6AD up to Low SY5 6AH up to Low SY5 6BB up to Low SY5 6BN up to Low SY5 6BP up to Low SY5 6EF up to Low SY5 6HQ up to Low SY5 6LP up to Low SY5 6PR up to Low SY5 6QP up to Low SY5 7BD up to Low SY5 7BT up to Low SY5 7BX up to Low SY5 7EA up to Low SY5 7EF up to Low SY5 7EX up to Low SY5 7JT up to Low SY5 7PB up to Low SY5 7PQ up to Low SY5 7QF up to Low SY5 8BE up to Low SY5 8BP up to Low SY5 8HB up to Low SY5 8JE up to Low SY5 8JG up to Low SY5 8LY up to Low SY5 8RB up to Low SY5 9AL up to Low SY5 9BX up to Low SY5 9HN up to Low SY5 9HU up to Low SY5 9HY up to Low SY5 9LJ up to Low SY5 9LQ up to Low SY5 9NZ up to Low SY5 9PA up to Low SY5 8LA up to Very low SY5 8LF up to Very low SY5 8LT up to Very low SY5 8NG up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near SY5

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

250 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 13 February 2026. 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.