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Does SY6 6EW flood?

Church Stretton, Shropshire

Up to High likelihood

Properties in SY6 6EW sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%99
Medium1% – 3.3%44
Low0.1% – 1%66
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around SY6 6EW

The ground here sits at about 195 m above sea level and falls 144 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 23.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around SY66EW, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 195 m above sea level and falls 144 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west-north-west, 23.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of SY6 6EW, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for SY6 6EW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
SY6 6EW
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: No ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None within ~1 km
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around SY6 6EW. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near SY6 6EW

0
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
0
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

The rivers that matter for SY6 6EW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Church Stretton Ash Brook 0.4 km 0.35 m 0.59 m
Craven Arms Field Drain 11.7 km 0.65 m 0.98 m
Boreton Bridge Cound Brook 14.1 km 1.20 m 2.25 m
Farley Bridge Rea Brook 15.1 km 1.20 m 2.51 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Church Stretton Stw Trib Of Quinny Brook 3.6 km 260 (2024) 5,219
Church Stretton Stw (cso) Trib Of Quinny Brook 3.6 km 39 (2024) 105

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

29 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~80 m (natural high ground, engineered high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

SY6 6AB up to High SY6 6AE up to High SY6 6AP up to High SY6 6AR up to High SY6 6AS up to High SY6 6AT up to High SY6 6AU up to High SY6 6AW up to High SY6 6AX up to High SY6 6AY up to High SY6 6AZ up to High SY6 6BD up to High

At-risk postcodes near SY6 6EW — all in the SY6 district.

© 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the SY6 district.