Does Tamworth flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 138 postcodes in Tamworth 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 2,134 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 Tamworth

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Tamworth watch River Tame, Bourne Brook, River Anker, River Mease.

• Tamworth
  River Tame · 0.6 km away 0.85 mASD
  normal range · rising · 28 min ago
• Hopwas
  River Tame · 2.3 km away 0.48 mASD
  normal range · rising · 28 min ago
• Hints
  Bourne Brook · 4.2 km away 1.28 mASD
  normal range · steady · 28 min ago
• Polesworth Structure
  River Anker · 6.2 km away 0.15 mASD
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 28 min ago
• Elford
  River Tame · 6.4 km away 1.23 mASD
  steady · 28 min ago
• Clifton Hall
  River Mease · 9.5 km away 0.15 mASD
  normal range · steady · 28 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Tamworth'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 Tamworth

17 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Tamworth. The EA has issued 384 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Aug 2026.

• River Tame at Ventura Park 0.7 km
• River Anker at Tamworth Town Centre including Stationfields Park Homes, Amington Road and Moor Lane
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 0.9 km
• River Tame at Lichfield Road Tamworth from The Leys area to Coton Lane
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Jan 2024 1.0 km
• River Tame at County Drive and Bitterscote area Tamworth 1.5 km
• River Tame at Kettlebrook including Anker View, Tansy, Reedmace, Campion Drive, Orchard Street, Celadine, Kettlebrook Road, Heron Court and Bridgeside Industrial Estate
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2012 1.6 km
• River Tame and Bourne Brook at Fazeley from Coleshill Road Bridge to Riverside Industrial Estate
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 2.4 km
• Bourne Brook at Hints and Drayton Manor Park including Mill Lane area in Fazeley
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 2.5 km
• River Anker at Amington, Tamworth including Shuttington Road, Amington Old Hall, Amington Park, Filey, Selker Drive and Whitley Avenue
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 3.0 km
• River Tame at Comberford including Fisherwick
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 3.4 km
• Low-lying land and roads between Hopwas and the National Arboretum near Alrewas
  77 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 6.0 km
• River Anker at Polesworth including Bridge Street, Market Street, Grendon Road, Tamworth Road, Rowland Avenue and Pooley View
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 6.2 km
• River Tame at Elford including Elford Mill and Stubby Lea Farm
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2025 6.6 km

Recorded floods near Tamworth

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

• 20 Jul 2007 — July 2007 Hopwas Lichfield Main river
• 1 Dec 1992 — December 1992 - River Trent Main river
• 1 Jun 1955 — June 1955 (Upper Trent) Main river

Rainfall near Tamworth

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (8.6 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 18.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 28 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Tamworth

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Tamworth 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 (19)

Low likelihood (91)

Very low likelihood (16)

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.