Does WR8 flood?

Yes — parts of the WR8 district carry real flood risk: 49 of its 77 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WR8 postcode district covers Upton & Ripple, Powick & the Hanleys, Kempsey, Eckington, close to Naunton, Bredon, The Mythe, and surrounding villages in parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

77 postcodes in the WR8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 49 high, 12 medium, 16 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 WR8 postcodes are at risk?

WR8 0AD up to High WR8 0AS up to High WR8 0BD up to High WR8 0BG up to High WR8 0BS up to High WR8 0BW up to High WR8 0HA up to High WR8 0HB up to High WR8 0HF up to High WR8 0HG up to High WR8 0HH up to High WR8 0HJ up to High WR8 0HN up to High WR8 0HP up to High WR8 0HQ up to High WR8 0HR up to High WR8 0HT up to High WR8 0HU up to High WR8 0HW up to High WR8 0HX up to High WR8 0HY up to High WR8 0HZ up to High WR8 0JD up to High WR8 0JH up to High WR8 0JJ up to High WR8 0JQ up to High WR8 0LX up to High WR8 0NJ up to High WR8 0NT up to High WR8 0NW up to High WR8 0NX up to High WR8 0PA up to High WR8 0PB up to High WR8 0PD up to High WR8 0PF up to High WR8 0QE up to High WR8 0QL up to High WR8 0RJ up to High WR8 0RW up to High WR8 9AA up to High WR8 9BA up to High WR8 9DF up to High WR8 9JA up to High WR8 9JE up to High WR8 9JF up to High WR8 9JN up to High WR8 9JP up to High WR8 9JQ up to High WR8 9LB up to High WR8 0AH up to Medium WR8 0JG up to Medium WR8 0JL up to Medium WR8 0NL up to Medium WR8 0NU up to Medium WR8 0NZ up to Medium WR8 0PU up to Medium WR8 0RA up to Medium WR8 0ST up to Medium WR8 9BD up to Medium WR8 9BU up to Medium WR8 9DQ up to Medium WR8 0AE up to Low WR8 0BB up to Low WR8 0JP up to Low WR8 0JS up to Low WR8 0JT up to Low WR8 0JX up to Low WR8 0JY up to Low WR8 0JZ up to Low WR8 0LL up to Low WR8 0LP up to Low WR8 0LW up to Low WR8 0NN up to Low WR8 0NR up to Low WR8 0QG up to Low WR8 9DH up to Low WR8 9JG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WR8

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

555 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (377 at warning level or above), most recently 3 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

WR7 WR9 WR10 WR6 WR11 WR5 WR12 WR4

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.