Does Kingswinford flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 25 postcodes in Kingswinford 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 205 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 Kingswinford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Kingswinford watch Smestow Brook, River Stour, River Tame, Illey Brook.

• Swindon
  Smestow Brook · 3.7 km away 1.10 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Stourbridge
  River Stour · 4.0 km away 0.16 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Stourton
  River Stour · 4.3 km away 0.08 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Halesowen
  River Stour · 7.7 km away 0.51 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Sheepwash
  River Tame · 9.3 km away 0.30 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Halesowen Dogkennel Lane
  River Stour · 9.5 km away 0.08 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Halesowen Manor Way
  Illey Brook · 9.8 km away 0.14 m
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Kingswinford'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 Kingswinford

12 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Kingswinford. The EA has issued 262 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

• River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and South Staffordshire
  189 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 2.3 km
• Smestow Brook at Hinksford including Hinksford Park, Greensforge, Flatheridge Cottage and Greensforge Lane
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 2.9 km
• River Stour at Stourbrigde Town Centre, Amblecote and Prestwood
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 3.6 km
• River Stour at Stambermill including Old Forge Trading Estate and Bagley Street
  no warning on record since 2006 4.7 km
• River Stour at Kinver
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 5.3 km
• River Stour at Cradley Heath from Bridge Street to Wood lane including Works at Maypole Fields
  no warning on record since 2006 5.8 km
• Lutley Gutter at Halesowen including Harden Vale, Belle Vue, Shelton Way, Hillview Close, Clancey Way & Corngreaves Road area
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 7.2 km
• River Stour at Caunsall and Cookley
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 8.7 km
• Smestow Brook at Seisdon and Woodford Grange
  no warning on record since 2006 8.7 km
• River Stour at Halesowen from Dogkennel Lane to Hayseech Road
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 9.4 km
• Illey Brook at Halesowen from Manor Way to Shenstone Trading Estate
  43 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 9.7 km
• River Tame at Horseley Heath and Great Bridge from John's Lane to the Walsall Canal
  no warning on record since 2006 9.9 km

Recorded floods near Kingswinford

None mapped within ~5 km of Kingswinford.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Kingswinford 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 Kingswinford

Kingswinford gets about 708 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 73 mm; driest March, 44 mm). That is 39% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.4 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (6.0 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 0.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Kingswinford

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

High likelihood (10)

Low likelihood (9)

Very 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.