Does WV5 flood?

Yes — parts of the WV5 district carry real flood risk: 8 of its 21 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WV5 postcode district covers Wombourne South, Pattingham, Trysull, Bobbington & Lower Penn, Wombourne North, Claverley & Worfield, close to Swindon, Wightwick, Stourton, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Shropshire.

21 postcodes in the WV5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 8 high, 9 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 WV5 postcodes are at risk?

WV5 7DD up to High WV5 7EU up to High WV5 7HA up to High WV5 8AX up to High WV5 8AY up to High WV5 8DW up to High WV5 8EZ up to High WV5 9BW up to High WV5 7DN up to Medium WV5 7HP up to Medium WV5 8BA up to Medium WV5 8BF up to Medium WV5 8BU up to Medium WV5 8DA up to Medium WV5 8DQ up to Medium WV5 8EX up to Medium WV5 8JE up to Medium WV5 7DA up to Low WV5 7ER up to Low WV5 7ES up to Low WV5 8JX up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WV5

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

Swindon on the Smestow Brook — 3.1 km away, highest on record 3.06m
Wightwick on the Smestow Brook — 5.2 km away, highest on record 1.33m
Stourton on the River Stour — 8.7 km away, highest on record 3.22m
Burcote on the River Worfe — 10.5 km away, highest on record 1.93m

189 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (7 at warning level or above), most recently 28 August 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Autumn 2000 (Upper Severn) (2000) — about 19.3 km from the centre

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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.