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Does Lichfield flood?

Staffordshire
21postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
6river gauges within 10 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Lichfield

Ordnance Survey places 21 postcodes in Lichfield 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 158 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High580
Medium000
Low16150122
Very low000
All bands21158122

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 Lichfield

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Lichfield watch River Tame, River Trent, River Blithe, Bourne Brook, River Swarbourne.

Distances are from the middle of Lichfield'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.

The watercourse nearest Lichfield

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Curborough Brook, about 30 m from the middle of Lichfield's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Pyford Brook about 5.1 km downstream.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Curborough Brook nearest the middle of Lichfield's at-risk postcodes. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

Flood warning areas near Lichfield

14 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Lichfield. The EA has issued 344 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 29 Aug 2026.

Recorded floods near Lichfield

None mapped within ~5 km of Lichfield.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Lichfield 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 Lichfield

Lichfield gets about 679 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 67 mm; driest February, 46 mm). That is 42% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.9 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 43.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 47 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Lichfield

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

High likelihood (5)

WS13 6QYWS13 6QZWS13 7AAWS13 7AGWS13 7NB

Low likelihood (16)

WS13 6AYWS13 6BLWS13 6PNWS13 6TRWS13 6TSWS13 6TUWS13 7PGWS13 7PQWS13 7RZWS13 7SAWS13 7SFWS13 7STWS13 7SXWS13 7SYWS13 7TEWS13 7TG

Postcode districts

WS13 · 21

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.

Flood-risk bands: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.

Recorded Flood Outlines, flood warning areas and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

River levels and rainfall: Environment Agency real-time flood-monitoring data, updated every 15 minutes (Open Government Licence v3.0).

Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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