Does Coventry flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 245 postcodes in Coventry 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 6,226 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 Coventry

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Coventry watch River Sherbourne, Canley Brook, River Sowe, Finham Brook, River Avon, Wolston Brook.

• Hope Street, Coventry
  River Sherbourne · 0.5 km away 0.41 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Holyhead Road
  River Sherbourne · 1.6 km away 0.08 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Charterhouse Bridge
  River Sherbourne · 2.3 km away 0.13 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Sir Henry Parkes Road
  Canley Brook · 2.5 km away 0.23 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Torrington Avenue
  Canley Brook · 4.6 km away 0.00 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Hall Green Road
  River Sowe · 4.8 km away 0.29 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Longford
  River Sowe · 4.8 km away 0.37 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Kenilworth
  Finham Brook · 6.9 km away 0.64 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Stareton
  River Avon · 7.8 km away 0.16 mASD
  normal range · steady · 26 min ago
• Wolston
  Wolston Brook · 9.8 km away 0.03 mASD
  steady · 26 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Coventry'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 Coventry

15 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Coventry. The EA has issued 104 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 27 Aug 2026.

• River Sherbourne at Coventry City Centre including Arches Industrial Esate, Northumberand Rd, Doe Bank Lane, Upper Spon Street, Sherbourne Street, Wellington Gardens, Windsor Street, Vincent Street, Meadow Street, Corporation Street and Gulson Rd areas 0.3 km
• Canley Brook at Canley including Canley Road and The Riddings 2.3 km
• River Sherbourne at Pinley and Whitley, Coventry including Bar Road and Abbey Road areas 2.9 km
• River Sherbourne at Allesley including Washbrook Lane, Browns Lane, Butt Lane, Staircase Lane, Holyhead Road, Westbury Road and Grayswood Avenue areas
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 3.6 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Bedworth and Baginton on the River Sowe, between Allesley and Whitley on the River Sherbourne, between Tile Hill and Canley on the Canley Brook and the Finham Brook and its tributaries
  62 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.9 km
• River Sowe at Baginton including Mill Hill area 4.3 km
• Canley Brook at Tile Hill including Padstow Road, Parbrook Close, Binns Close, Torrington Avenue, John Rous Avenue, Prior Deram Walk, Gerard Avenue and Freeburn Causeway areas 4.4 km
• River Sowe at Longford including Rowley's Green Lane, Oakley Close, Basford Brook Drive, Bungalow Estate Lady Lane and Longford Bridge areas 4.7 km
• River Sowe at Wyken and Stoke, Coventry including Heybrook Close, Sidmouth Close, Starcross Close, Plymouth Close, New Green Park, Blackshaw Drive, Triumph Close, Ventnor Close, Binley Road and Brookvale Avenue areas 4.9 km
• River Sowe at Manor House, Coventry including Avocet Close, Windmill Road, Aldermans Green Road, Honeysuckle Drive and Hall Green Road areas 4.9 km
• Finham Brook at Kenilworth including Forge Road, Northvale Close and Common Lane
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 7.0 km
• River Avon at Bubbenhall including Bubbenhall Road
  14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 7.5 km

Recorded floods near Coventry

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

• 7 Apr 1998 — Ryton on Dunsmore Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Baginton Main river
• 7 Apr 1998 — Bubbenhall Main river
• 1 Apr 1998 — April 1998 (Lower Severn) Main river
• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river
• 1 Jan 1985 — 1985 (Lower Severn) Main river

Rainfall near Coventry

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.4 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 12.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 26 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Coventry

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

High likelihood (41)

Medium likelihood (18)

Low likelihood (174)

Very 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.