Does Bilston flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 24 postcodes in Bilston 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 472 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 Bilston

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bilston watch River Tame, Ford Brook, Smestow Brook.

• Park Hill
  River Tame · 6.1 km away 0.33 m
  normal range · 50 min ago
• Walsall
  Ford Brook · 6.3 km away 0.31 m
  normal range · 35 min ago
• Sheepwash
  River Tame · 6.7 km away 0.47 m
  normal range · falling · 50 min ago
• Bescot
  River Tame · 7.1 km away 1.05 m
  normal range · falling · 50 min ago
• Wightwick
  Smestow Brook · 7.3 km away 0.10 m
  below normal · 50 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bilston'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 Bilston

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bilston. The EA has issued 11 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

• River Tame at Golds Hill from Waterside Park to Smith Road
  no warning on record since 2006 5.4 km
• River Tame at Holloway Bank from Smith Road to Woden Road South
  no warning on record since 2006 5.8 km
• River Tame at Wednesbury including Hydes Road, The Woods and Bescot areas
  no warning on record since 2006 6.2 km
• River Tame at Horseley Heath and Great Bridge from John's Lane to the Walsall Canal
  no warning on record since 2006 6.3 km
• Ford Brook at Bescot including Bescot Crescent and Wednesbury Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest May 2018 6.3 km
• Waterhead Brook at Bushbury, Wolverhampton from Northycote Lane to Stafford Road
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 6.4 km
• River Tame at Bescot railway station area
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.8 km
• Ford Brook at Walsall Town Centre including Lower North Street, Lichfield Street, Bridgeman Street and Long Street
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest May 2018 6.8 km
• Smestow Brook at Wightwick and Compton
  no warning on record since 2006 7.2 km
• River Tame at Ray Hall Water Works including Sandhurst Way, Manorford Avenue, Mayford Drive, Kelverley Grove and Brook Bridge
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 8.4 km
• Ford Brook at Rushall from Coronation Road to Cartbridge Lane South
  no warning on record since 2006 9.1 km
• River Tame at Sandwell Valley and Forge Mill Farm
  no warning on record since 2006 9.8 km

Recorded floods near Bilston

None mapped within ~5 km of Bilston.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Bilston means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. Open the recorded-floods map →

Rainfall near Bilston

Bilston gets about 768 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 77 mm; driest February, 52 mm). That is 34% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.8 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (6.2 km away), recorded 4.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 64.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 35 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bilston

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

High likelihood (16)

Medium likelihood (2)

Low likelihood (6)

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.