Does Royal Sutton Coldfield flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Royal Sutton Coldfield

Ordnance Survey places 21 postcodes in Royal Sutton Coldfield 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 220 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 Royal Sutton Coldfield

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Royal Sutton Coldfield watch River Tame, Bourne Brook.

• Brookvale Road
  River Tame · 6.3 km away 0.73 m
  normal range · 38 min ago
• Water Orton Structure
  River Tame · 6.7 km away 0.35 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 48 min ago
• Perry Park
  River Tame · 7.1 km away 0.50 m
  normal range · 48 min ago
• Hints
  Bourne Brook · 7.8 km away 1.32 m
  normal range · 48 min ago
• Sandwell Woodend
  River Tame · 8.5 km away 0.67 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Lea Marston
  River Tame · 9.0 km away 0.41 m
  normal range · falling · 48 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Royal Sutton Coldfield'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 Royal Sutton Coldfield

23 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Royal Sutton Coldfield. The EA has issued 464 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

• Plants Brook at Sutton Coldfield from Clifton Road to Ebrook Road
  no warning on record since 2006 0.2 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Horseley Heath and Castle Vale on the River Tame and Bescot on the Ford Brook
  139 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 5.1 km
• River Tame at Castle Vale including The Fort Industrial Park and Castle Bromwich Business Park
  no warning on record since 2006 5.5 km
• River Tame at Gravelly Hill from Gravelly Industrial Estate to Castle Bromwich Bridge
  no warning on record since 2006 6.2 km
• Perry Brook at Perry Barr from Queslett Road to Haddon Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 6.3 km
• River Tame at Witton and Salford Park from Perry Bridge to Star City
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2022 6.4 km
• River Tame at Water Orton including Marsh Lane and Minworth Sewage Works
  10 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 6.6 km
• River Tame at Perry Barr from Great Barr Business Park to Church Road including One Stop Retail Park
  no warning on record since 2006 7.0 km
• River Cole at Colehall including Maryland Avenue, Rivermead Park, Embleton Grove and Clunbury Croft
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2023 7.7 km
• River Rea at Vauxhall, Saltley & Nechells from Lauder Street to A47 including Saltley Business Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest May 2018 7.9 km
• 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
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 8.1 km
• River Cole at Stechford including Victoria Road, Frederick Road, Gumbleberrys Close, Cottsmeadow Drive and Everton Road
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2023 8.3 km

Recorded floods near Royal Sutton Coldfield

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Royal Sutton Coldfield, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 20 Jul 2007 — July 2007 Water Orton Main river
• 20 Jul 2007 — July 2007 Brook Vale Road Main river

Rainfall near Royal Sutton Coldfield

Royal Sutton Coldfield gets about 754 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 74 mm; driest April, 51 mm). That is 35% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.6 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.7 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 58.7 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 33 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Royal Sutton Coldfield

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

High likelihood (12)

Medium likelihood (3)

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.