Does WR5 flood?

Yes — parts of the WR5 district carry real flood risk: 19 of its 61 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WR5 postcode district covers Kempsey, Cathedral, Battenhall, St Peter's Parish, close to Callow End, Worcester, Bransford, and surrounding villages in Worcestershire.

61 postcodes in the WR5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 19 high, 14 medium, 28 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 WR5 postcodes are at risk?

WR5 2NT up to High WR5 3BS up to High WR5 3DA up to High WR5 3DE up to High WR5 3HR up to High WR5 3HW up to High WR5 3JF up to High WR5 3JH up to High WR5 3JL up to High WR5 3JN up to High WR5 3JP up to High WR5 3JQ up to High WR5 3JS up to High WR5 3JT up to High WR5 3JU up to High WR5 3JX up to High WR5 3JZ up to High WR5 3LP up to High WR5 3QU up to High WR5 3BX up to Medium WR5 3DF up to Medium WR5 3DH up to Medium WR5 3DQ up to Medium WR5 3DU up to Medium WR5 3EA up to Medium WR5 3EF up to Medium WR5 3FX up to Medium WR5 3GA up to Medium WR5 3GF up to Medium WR5 3GH up to Medium WR5 3GR up to Medium WR5 3JG up to Medium WR5 3JY up to Medium WR5 2PF up to Low WR5 2RS up to Low WR5 3BW up to Low WR5 3DD up to Low WR5 3DX up to Low WR5 3FB up to Low WR5 3FL up to Low WR5 3FN up to Low WR5 3FQ up to Low WR5 3FR up to Low WR5 3FT up to Low WR5 3FU up to Low WR5 3FY up to Low WR5 3GB up to Low WR5 3GD up to Low WR5 3GL up to Low WR5 3GT up to Low WR5 3JA up to Low WR5 3JB up to Low WR5 3JD up to Low WR5 3JE up to Low WR5 3JR up to Low WR5 3LF up to Low WR5 3NA up to Low WR5 3NS up to Low WR5 3NT up to Low WR5 3PA up to Low WR5 3QX up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WR5

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

522 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (253 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):

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WR4 WR6 WR3 WR7 WR2 WR8 WR1 WR9

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.