Does TF7 flood?

Only lower-likelihood flood risk is recorded in TF7: none of its 5 listed postcodes goes beyond the Low band. The TF7 postcode district covers Woodside, Ironbridge Gorge, close to Buildwas, Shifnal, Walcot, and surrounding villages in parts of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.

5 postcodes in the TF7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 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 TF7 postcodes are at risk?

TF7 5LH up to Low TF7 5QT up to Low TF7 5QU up to Low TF7 5QX up to Low TF7 5QY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near TF7

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

Buildwas on the River Severn — 3.6 km away, highest on record 7.04m
Shifnal on the Wesley Brook — 7.2 km away, highest on record 1.18m
Cosford River on the River Worfe — 9.9 km away, highest on record 1.16m
Walcot on the River Tern — 11.3 km away, highest on record 2.96m

167 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (58 at warning level or above), most recently 2 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Upper Severn - February 2004 (2004) — about 2.1 km from the centre
Autumn 2000 (Upper Severn) (2000) — about 4.7 km from the centre
Oct 1998 (1998) — about 2.6 km from the centre

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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.