Does WS6 flood?

Yes — parts of the WS6 district carry real flood risk: 4 of its 11 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WS6 postcode district covers Cheslyn Hay Village, Great Wyrley Town, close to Coven, Penkridge, Walsall, and surrounding villages in parts of Staffordshire and West Midlands.

11 postcodes in the WS6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 4 high, 7 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 WS6 postcodes are at risk?

WS6 6LE up to High WS6 6LF up to High WS6 6LG up to High WS6 6LH up to High WS6 7BT up to Low WS6 7BU up to Low WS6 7EL up to Low WS6 7EP up to Low WS6 7ER up to Low WS6 7ES up to Low WS6 7HB up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WS6

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

Cannock on the Ridings Brook — 1.7 km away, highest on record 2.36m
Deepmore Farm on the Saredon Brook — 5.7 km away, highest on record 1.97m
Coven on the River Penk — 8.1 km away, highest on record 2.48m
Walsall on the Ford Brook — 11.1 km away, highest on record 2.48m

75 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (75 at warning level or above), most recently 2 June 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

UT/DC/043 - Saredon Brook Feb (1976) — about 3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WS5 WS7 WS4 WS3 WS9 WS10 WS2 WS1

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.