Does WV9 flood?

Yes — parts of the WV9 district carry real flood risk: 2 of its 7 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The WV9 postcode district covers Brewood, Coven & Blymhill, close to Coven, Penkridge, Wightwick, and surrounding villages in parts of West Midlands and Staffordshire.

7 postcodes in the WV9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 2 high, 1 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 WV9 postcodes are at risk?

WV9 5AY up to High WV9 5AZ up to High WV9 5BN up to Medium WV9 5AW up to Low WV9 5AX up to Low WV9 5BY up to Low WV9 5EG up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near WV9

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

Coven on the River Penk — 0.5 km away, highest on record 2.48m
Deepmore Farm on the Saredon Brook — 2.4 km away, highest on record 1.97m
Cannock on the Ridings Brook — 8 km away, highest on record 2.36m
Wightwick on the Smestow Brook — 9.3 km away, highest on record 1.33m

74 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (74 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 1.1 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

WV10 WV8 WV11 WV7 WV12 WV6 WV13 WV5

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.