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Does Oldbury flood?

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89postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
12river gauges within 10 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Oldbury

Ordnance Survey places 89 postcodes in Oldbury 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 1,072 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High30324220
Medium159475
Low43632471
Very low12220
All bands891,072786

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 Oldbury

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Oldbury watch River Tame, River Stour, Illey Brook, Ford Brook, River Rea.

Distances are from the middle of Oldbury'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 Oldbury

The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Tame, about 70 m from the middle of Oldbury's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Trent about 75 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 the River Tame nearest the middle of Oldbury'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 Oldbury

26 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Oldbury. The EA has issued 272 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Oldbury

None mapped within ~5 km of Oldbury.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Oldbury 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 Oldbury

Oldbury gets about 782 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 80 mm; driest March, 50 mm). That is 33% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.5 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 44.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 48 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Oldbury

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

High likelihood (30)

B68 8AAB68 8ABB68 8ADB68 8AEB68 8AFB68 8AGB68 8BFB68 8BGB68 8BNB68 8BPB68 8LUB68 8LXB68 8LYB68 8LZB68 8NEB69 2APB69 2AQB69 2ASB69 2AXB69 2BAB69 2BXB69 2JGB69 2JNB69 2JWB69 4ATB69 4BYB69 4LEB69 4QYB69 4RBB70 7JB

Medium likelihood (15)

B69 1DTB69 2AZB69 3EQB69 3ESB69 4AYB69 4BFB69 4BLB69 4BQB69 4QNB69 4QPB69 4QQB69 4QWB69 4RDB69 4SDB70 7JE

Low likelihood (43)

B68 8NNB69 2AGB69 2AYB69 2BBB69 2BDB69 3AZB69 3BHB69 3EYB69 3FHB69 4AEB69 4AHB69 4AUB69 4BDB69 4BNB69 4BXB69 4EDB69 4HFB69 4JBB69 4JDB69 4JFB69 4JGB69 4JNB69 4JPB69 4JQB69 4JRB69 4JTB69 4JWB69 4JYB69 4LHB69 4LPB69 4QDB69 4QEB69 4QFB69 4QGB69 4QHB69 4QJB69 4QRB69 4QSB69 4QTB69 4QZB69 4RJB69 4RRB69 4XA

Very low likelihood (1)

B68 8AQ

Postcode districts

B68 · 17B69 · 70B70 · 2

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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