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No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Updated 2026-10-09 15:11:51 UTC · Official GOV.UK warnings · Flood preparation & help guide
Perry Barr is a suburban area in north Birmingham, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is also the name of a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. Birmingham Perry Barr is also a parliamentary constituency; its Member of Parliament between 2001 and 2024 was Labour's Khalid Mahmood. The MP as of July 2024 is Ayoub Khan, who ran as an Independent.
Towns and villages near Perry Barr with a page of their own: the homes in a flood risk area there, the nearest river gauges, and recorded floods.
Birmingham · West Bromwich · Royal Sutton Coldfield · Wednesbury · Oldbury · Tipton · Willenhall
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.
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Tame, about 70 m from the middle of Perry Barr's gauges. It flows into the River Trent about 54 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 Perry Barr's gauges. 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.
Perry Barr is monitored by 1 Environment Agency river level station on the River Tame, in West Midlands. Water levels are updated every 15 minutes, providing real-time flood monitoring for the area.
The River Tame is monitored by 1 station (Perry Park). Each station records water levels continuously, with data synced to FloodRadar every 5 minutes.
There are 8 Environment Agency flood warning areas within 10km of Perry Barr. When the EA issues a flood warning for any of these areas, it will appear on this page. These include: River Tame at Perry Barr from Great Barr Business Park to Church Road including One Stop Retail Park; Perry Brook at Perry Barr from Queslett Road to Haddon Road; River Tame at Hamstead including Woodend, Greenway, Beauchamp Avenue, The Croftway, Walcot Drive, Hamstead Road, Kirkstone Crescent, Old Walsall Road and Hampstead Industrial Estate areas; River Tame at Witton and Salford Park from Perry Bridge to Star City.
There are 84 storm overflows within 5km of Perry Barr. 1 is currently discharging. Enable "Sewage" on the map above to see their locations.
6 of them, nearest first, with their own page of live status and past discharges:
If flooding is forecast in Perry Barr, call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 for the latest information. Move valuables upstairs, turn off gas and electricity if safe to do so, and avoid walking or driving through flood water. Sign up for flood warnings on any station page above to receive email alerts when water levels rise. For emergency numbers, a preparation checklist and insurance guidance, see our flood help & preparation guide.
Perry Barr gets about 730 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 72 mm; driest March, 49 mm). That is 37% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. See the rain gauges →
A thirty-year average for the area, not a forecast and not a flood risk on its own. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.6 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of the town centre — most recent first. These are records of mapped extents, not a full list of floods. See them on the map →
Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.
Current verdict: Normal. No official flood warning is active nearby and the closest river stations are within normal ranges.
Perry Barr has river level monitoring on River Tame — 1 monitoring station in total.
Use the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service (check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk) or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 (24 hours). You can also set up free FloodRadar email or browser alerts from any station page above.
Follow official advice: move valuables and vehicles to safety, never walk or drive through flood water, turn off gas and electricity if safe, and check on vulnerable neighbours. See our flood preparation guide at floodradar.co.uk/flood-help.
No recorded flood outline is mapped around the Perry Barr town centre 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. See the flood history link below.
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