Does Cannock flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 29 postcodes in Cannock 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 251 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 Cannock

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Cannock watch Ridings Brook, Saredon Brook, River Penk.

• Cannock
  Ridings Brook · 0.2 km away 0.21 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Deepmore Farm
  Saredon Brook · 5.9 km away 0.30 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Penkridge Structure
  River Penk · 7.9 km away 0.24 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 33 min ago
• Coven
  River Penk · 8.4 km away 0.47 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Cannock'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 Cannock

11 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Cannock. The EA has issued 74 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 2 Jun 2026.

• Ridings Brook at Rumer Hill, Cannock including parts of Rumer Hill Road, Walsall Road and St Johns Road 0.2 km
• Ridings Brook at Bridgetown, Cannock including parts of Walsall Road and Longford Industrial Estate 1.5 km
• Wash Brook and Wyrley Brook at Churchbridge from Station Road to Wyrley Brook Retail Park 1.8 km
• Saredon Brook at Wedges Mills, Cannock
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Sep 2024 2.7 km
• Saredon Brook at Standeford near Coven
  30 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2026 7.5 km
• River Penk at Penkridge including Stone Cross, Pinfold Lane, Crown Bridge, Mill Street and Stanford Close
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 7.8 km
• River Penk at Coven
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 8.4 km
• River Penk at Congreve and Water Eaton including Engleton Mill Lane at Brewood
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 8.6 km
• Waterhead Brook at Bushbury, Wolverhampton from Northycote Lane to Stafford Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 8.7 km
• Ford Brook at Rushall from Coronation Road to Cartbridge Lane South 8.9 km
• River Penk at Somerford
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 9.0 km

Recorded floods near Cannock

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

• 1 Feb 1976 — UT/DC/043 - Saredon Brook Feb Main river

Rainfall near Cannock

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (6.1 km away), recorded 0.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 16.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 33 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Cannock

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

High likelihood (5)

Medium likelihood (4)

Low likelihood (3)

Very low likelihood (17)

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.