Does Redditch flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 54 postcodes in Redditch 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 860 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 Redditch

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Redditch watch River Arrow, Bow Brook, Spadesbourne Brook, River Alne.

• Studley
  River Arrow · 3.9 km away 0.58 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Feckenham
  Bow Brook · 7.7 km away 0.08 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Bromsgrove Burcot Avenue
  Spadesbourne Brook · 9.8 km away 0.08 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago
• Henley River
  River Alne · 9.9 km away 0.39 mASD
  normal range · steady · 27 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Redditch'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 Redditch

10 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Redditch. The EA has issued 198 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 30 Aug 2026.

• River Arrow at Washford Mill from Washford Drive including Washford Farm, Little Brook Farm, Washford Bridge, Birmingham Road to The Covers, Red Hill Close and Abby fields drive
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.0 km
• River Arrow at Studley incuding Castle Road and Riverside
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 3.8 km
• River Arrow at Spernall including Spernall Lane 5.8 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Studley and Salford Priors on the River Arrow and between Bird in Hand and Henley in Arden and Alcester on the River Alne including farmland and caravan parks
  151 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 6.9 km
• River Arrow at Coughton including Coughton Court and Coughton Fields Lane 7.1 km
• River Blythe at Earlswood from Valley Road to the Industrial estate
  18 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 9.6 km
• River Alne at Henley in Arden including Birmingham Road, High Street, Beaudesert Lane, Prince Harry Road, Riverside Gardens, Meadow Road, Glenhurst Road and Warwick Road areas
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Oct 2023 9.9 km
• River Alne at Bird in Hand including Tanworth Lane and Camp Lane
  15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 9.9 km
• Hen Brook at Stoke Prior
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2025 10.0 km
• Spadesbourne Brook at Bromsgrove
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 10.0 km

Recorded floods near Redditch

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

• 20 Jul 2007 — Sambourne_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Redditch_07_2007 Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — Bow Brook 010 (July 07) Main river
• 20 Jan 1985 — M_LS_Jan_1985 Main river

Rainfall near Redditch

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (5.1 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 16.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Redditch

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

High likelihood (20)

Medium likelihood (14)

Low likelihood (19)

Very low likelihood (1)

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.