Does Alcester flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Alcester

Ordnance Survey places 60 postcodes in Alcester in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 691 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Alcester

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Alcester watch River Arrow, River Avon, River Alne, Bow Brook.

• Broom
  River Arrow · 4.1 km away 0.12 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Bidford on Avon
  River Avon · 6.0 km away 1.29 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Little Alne
  River Alne · 6.1 km away 0.95 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Studley
  River Arrow · 6.4 km away 0.58 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Feckenham
  Bow Brook · 9.2 km away 0.08 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Alcester's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Alcester

16 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Alcester. The EA has issued 255 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 12 Mar 2026.

• River Arrow and River Alne at Alcester and Oversley Mill from The Mill Industrial Park to Arrow Mill including Fairwater Crescent area
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 0.6 km
• River Arrow at Coughton including Coughton Court and Coughton Fields Lane 3.0 km
• River Arrow at Wixford including Wixford Bridge area and Moor Hall
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2012 3.2 km
• River Arrow at Broom including Mill Close, Millers Bank and Mill Lane
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2012 4.3 km
• River Arrow at Spernall including Spernall Lane 4.6 km
• River Alne at Mill House, Mill Farm and the caravan park in Aston Cantlow, Mill Lane in Great Alne and Hoo Mill 4.9 km
• River Alne at Chapel Lane and Church Lane in Aston Cantlow and Great Alne
  33 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 5.4 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Studley and Salford Priors on the River Arrow and between Bird in Hand and Henley in Arden and Alcester on the River Alne including farmland and caravan parks
  151 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 5.5 km
• River Avon at Barton, Bidford on Avon and Marlcliff including Welford Road and Owlets End in Barton, Honeybourne Road and parts of High Street in Bidford on Avon and parts of The Bank in Marlcliff
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2019 6.1 km
• River Arrow at Salford Bridge including Station Road
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2012 6.4 km
• River Arrow at Studley incuding Castle Road and Riverside
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.4 km
• River Alne at Pennyford Lane and Little Alne including Field Farm and Pennyford Hall areas
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.3 km

Recorded floods near Alcester

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Alcester, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 20 Jul 2007 — Little_Alne_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Sambourne_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Great_Alne_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Welford_on_Avon_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Coughton_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Alcester_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Wixford_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Broom_07_2007 Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Welford on Avon Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Stratford Upon Avon Main river
• 1 Apr 1998 — April 1998 (Lower Severn) Main river
• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river

…and 4 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Alcester

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (10.3 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 13.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Alcester

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Alcester that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (6)

Medium likelihood (27)

Low likelihood (22)

Very low likelihood (5)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.