Does WV12 flood?

Yes — parts of the WV12 district carry real flood risk: 1 of its 2 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WV12 postcode district covers Short Heath, close to Park Hill, Walsall, Sheepwash, Tipton, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Staffordshire.

2 postcodes in the WV12 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 1 high, 1 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 WV12 postcodes are at risk?

WV12 4LH up to High WV12 4LF up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WV12

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

Walsall on the Ford Brook — 4.7 km away, highest on record 2.48m
Park Hill on the River Tame — 5.2 km away, highest on record 2.73m
Bescot on the River Tame — 5.8 km away, highest on record 3.51m
Sheepwash on the River Tame — 7.9 km away, highest on record 2.83m

81 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (48 at warning level or above), most recently 2 June 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WV11 WV13 WV10 WV14 WV15 WV9 WV16 WV8

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.