Does Bromsgrove flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 70 postcodes in Bromsgrove 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 740 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 Bromsgrove

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bromsgrove watch Spadesbourne Brook, River Salwarpe, River Rea.

• Bromsgrove Factory Lane
  Spadesbourne Brook · 0.6 km away 0.46 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Bromsgrove Burcot Avenue
  Spadesbourne Brook · 1.3 km away 0.08 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Stoke Prior
  River Salwarpe · 3.1 km away 0.14 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Wildmoor Flume
  River Salwarpe · 4.2 km away No recent reading
  last reported 10 Sep 2026 14:30
• Longbridge
  River Rea · 8.5 km away 0.18 mASD
  normal range · rising · 27 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bromsgrove'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 Bromsgrove

4 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bromsgrove. The EA has issued 82 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 31 Aug 2026.

• Spadesbourne Brook at Bromsgrove
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 0.6 km
• River Salwarpe, Elmbridge and Hadley Brooks and their tributaries
  75 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 3.4 km
• Hen Brook at Stoke Prior
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.5 km
• River Rea at Longbridge from Bristol Road South to Peters Avenue including Mill Lane 8.9 km

Recorded floods near Bromsgrove

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

• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river

Rainfall near Bromsgrove

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.2 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 16.2 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 27 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bromsgrove

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

High likelihood (48)

Medium likelihood (10)

Low likelihood (12)

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.