Does WS4 1NJ flood?

Rushall, Walsall

Up to High likelihood

Properties in WS4 1NJ 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%55
Medium1% – 3.3%77
Low0.1% – 1%33
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 WS4 1NJ

The ground here sits at about 129 m above sea level and falls 20 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 2.6 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around WS41NJ, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 129 m above sea level and falls 20 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 2.6 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of WS4 1NJ, 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 WS4 1NJ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
WS4 1NJ
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 157 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ 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 WS4 1NJ. 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 WS4 1NJ

157
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
18
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-08-28)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2007 UK floods (2007, 5 warnings nearby) · Babet (2023, 5 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 3 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for WS4 1NJ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Walsall Ford Brook 5.1 km 1.34 m 2.48 m
Bescot River Tame 5.8 km 1.25 m 3.51 m
Park Hill River Tame 6.3 km 2.16 m 2.73 m
Sandwell Woodend River Tame 8.5 km 2.20 m 3.11 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
Brook Meadow Road Cso Tributary Of Ford Brook 0.3 km 13 (2024) 20
Hildicks Crescent Cso Ford Brook 0.6 km 7 (2024) 7
Goscote Lane Cso Ford Brook 0.7 km 11 (2024) 7
Harden Road Cso Tributary Of Ford Brook 0.7 km 1 (2024) 0

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

At-risk postcodes near WS4 1NJ — all in the WS4 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 WS4 district.