Does WV14 flood?

Yes — parts of the WV14 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 20 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WV14 postcode district covers Bilston North, close to Park Hill, Sheepwash, Tipton, Walsall, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Staffordshire.

20 postcodes in the WV14 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 high, 2 medium, 4 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 WV14 postcodes are at risk?

WV14 6DZ up to High WV14 6EA up to High WV14 6EB up to High WV14 6EE up to High WV14 6EH up to High WV14 6HA up to High WV14 6HB up to High WV14 6HE up to High WV14 6HF up to High WV14 6HG up to High WV14 6HH up to High WV14 6HJ up to High WV14 6HP up to High WV14 6HW up to High WV14 6DX up to Medium WV14 6HL up to Medium WV14 6DU up to Low WV14 6DW up to Low WV14 6ED up to Low WV14 6HQ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WV14

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

Park Hill on the River Tame — 6.1 km away, highest on record 2.73m
Walsall on the Ford Brook — 6.2 km away, highest on record 2.48m
Sheepwash on the River Tame — 6.7 km away, highest on record 2.83m
Bescot on the River Tame — 7 km away, highest on record 3.51m

10 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (10 at warning level or above), most recently 14 November 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.