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Does Rugeley flood?

Staffordshire
68postcodes in the EA rivers-and-sea dataset
5river gauges within 10 km
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What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Rugeley

Ordnance Survey places 68 postcodes in Rugeley 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 906 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

EA likelihood bandPostcodes (worst band)Properties in the EA datasetof which homes
High44457174
Medium311679
Low16255183
Very low57852
All bands68906488

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 Rugeley

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Rugeley watch River Blithe, River Trent, River Sow, River Swarbourne.

Distances are from the middle of Rugeley'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 Rugeley

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Rising Brook, about 40 m from the middle of Rugeley's at-risk postcodes. It flows into the River Trent about 580 m 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 Rising Brook nearest the middle of Rugeley'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 Rugeley

10 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Rugeley. The EA has issued 233 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 23 Oct 2026.

Recorded floods near Rugeley

None mapped within ~5 km of Rugeley.

No recorded outline within ~5 km of Rugeley 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 Rugeley

Rugeley gets about 783 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 77 mm; driest February, 53 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), 2.2 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (4.9 km away), recorded 1.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 55.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 46 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Rugeley

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

High likelihood (44)

WS15 1EBWS15 1FBWS15 1NJWS15 2ASWS15 2BLWS15 2BSWS15 2BWWS15 2BYWS15 2BZWS15 2DFWS15 2DLWS15 2DNWS15 2DPWS15 2DRWS15 2DTWS15 2DUWS15 2DYWS15 2DZWS15 2EBWS15 2EDWS15 2EHWS15 2EQWS15 2FXWS15 2HNWS15 2HRWS15 2HSWS15 2HXWS15 2JHWS15 2JJWS15 2JLWS15 2JNWS15 2JRWS15 2JSWS15 2JTWS15 2JUWS15 2JYWS15 2WAWS15 2WBWS15 2YRWS15 3HAWS15 3HFWS15 3HQWS15 3JUWS15 3JZ

Medium likelihood (3)

WS15 2BJWS15 2HEWS15 2JW

Low likelihood (16)

WS15 1DGWS15 1EGWS15 1RPWS15 2AZWS15 2BAWS15 2BBWS15 2BGWS15 2BTWS15 2DGWS15 2DJWS15 2FUWS15 2HHWS15 2HQWS15 2JPWS15 3HEWS15 3JY

Very low likelihood (5)

WS15 1DLWS15 2ATWS15 2HGWS15 2WDWS15 2WT

Postcode districts

WS15 · 68

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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