Does Stourport-on-Severn flood?
What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Stourport-on-Severn
Ordnance Survey places 50 postcodes in Stourport-on-Severn 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 1,064 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.
| EA likelihood band | Postcodes (worst band) | Properties in the EA dataset | of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | 23 | 537 | 371 |
| Medium | 8 | 191 | 127 |
| Low | 16 | 316 | 281 |
| Very low | 3 | 20 | 18 |
| All bands | 50 | 1,064 | 797 |
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 Stourport-on-Severn
Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Stourport-on-Severn watch River Severn, River Stour, Dowles Brook.
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Bewdley
River Severn · 5.9 km away 1.60 m
normal range · rising · 30 min ago -
Puxton
River Stour · 6.3 km away 0.78 m
normal range · falling · 30 min ago -
Oak Cottage
Dowles Brook · 6.7 km away 0.12 m
normal range · steady · 45 min ago
Distances are from the middle of Stourport-on-Severn'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 Stourport-on-Severn
The nearest watercourse on the river map is the River Stour, about 90 m from the middle of Stourport-on-Severn's at-risk postcodes. It flows into Afon Hafren (River Severn) about 600 m downstream.
- Next gauge downstreamWorcester (Barbourne) on Afon Hafren (River Severn), about 18 km along the river.
Normal · rising · 30 min ago
After that, Diglis, about 21 km along the river. - Storm overflows198 storm overflows are traced upstream of Worcester (Barbourne) on the river map. See them on its page.
- Upstream on this watercoursePuxton, about 9.3 km up the river.
Normal · falling · 30 min ago
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 Stour nearest the middle of Stourport-on-Severn'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 Stourport-on-Severn
13 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Stourport-on-Severn. The EA has issued 265 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 1 Sep 2026.
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River Severn at Bewdley, Blackstone and Stourport
14 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 0.7 km -
River Stour at Stourport
4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 1.4 km -
River Severn Sandy Lane Industrial Estate, Moor Hall Lane and Severnside Cottages, Stourport
21 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 1.5 km -
River Severn at Severn Bank Park
5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2020 3.1 km -
River Severn at Severnside, Bewdley
2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.7 km -
River Severn at Wribbenhall, Bewdley
22 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 4.8 km -
River Stour at Kidderminster
3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 5.3 km -
River Stour and it's tributaries
142 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Sep 2026 6.6 km -
River Severn at Northwood, Bewdley
15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 7.0 km -
River Severn at Larford, Riverlands, Holt Heath and Holt Fleet
20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 7.6 km -
River Stour at Wolverley
1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Feb 2020 8.1 km -
River Severn at Upper Arley
15 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 9.8 km
Recorded floods near Stourport-on-Severn
Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Stourport-on-Severn, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →
- 1 Sep 2000 — Autumn 2000 (Upper Severn) Main river
- 26 Oct 1998 — Oct 1998 Main river
- 1 Dec 1960 — December 1960 (Upper Severn) Main river
Rainfall near Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn gets about 667 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 67 mm; driest March, 44 mm). That is 43% 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 (3.6 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 47.6 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 30 min ago).
At-risk postcodes in Stourport-on-Severn
Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Stourport-on-Severn that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.
High likelihood (23)
Medium likelihood (8)
Low likelihood (16)
Very low likelihood (3)
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.
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.