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Does WV16 flood?

Yes — parts of the WV16 district carry real flood risk: 10 of its 25 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WV16 postcode district covers Brown Clee, Highley, close to Bridgnorth, Allscott, and surrounding villages in Shropshire.

25 postcodes in the WV16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 10 high, 5 medium, 10 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 WV16 postcodes are at risk?

WV16 4BB up to High WV16 4BH up to High WV16 4RZ up to High WV16 4SQ up to High WV16 6BN up to High WV16 6NU up to High WV16 6QX up to High WV16 6RS up to High WV16 6SB up to High WV16 6XF up to High WV16 4AS up to Medium WV16 4BE up to Medium WV16 4RQ up to Medium WV16 4SZ up to Medium WV16 5NN up to Medium WV16 4BG up to Low WV16 4RJ up to Low WV16 4RW up to Low WV16 4SR up to Low WV16 5LQ up to Low WV16 6AB up to Low WV16 6NX up to Low WV16 6RL up to Low WV16 6UP up to Low WV16 6XG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WV16

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

107 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (66 at warning level or above), most recently 5 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WV15 WV14 WV13 WV12 WV11 WV10 WV9 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.