Does Telford flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 91 postcodes in Telford 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 595 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 Telford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Telford watch River Severn, Wesley Brook, River Strine, River Tern, River Roden.

• Buildwas
  River Severn · 5.9 km away 2.46 m
  normal range · rising · 33 min ago
• Shifnal
  Wesley Brook · 6.9 km away 0.18 m
  normal range · steady · 48 min ago
• Crudgington
  River Strine · 8.8 km away 0.47 m
  normal range · 48 min ago
• Walcot
  River Tern · 8.9 km away 0.64 m
  normal range · 33 min ago
• Rodington
  River Roden · 9.8 km away 0.26 m
  normal range · steady · 48 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Telford'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 Telford

6 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Telford. The EA has issued 245 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 16 Mar 2026.

• River Severn at the Wharfage, Ironbridge
  13 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 5.9 km
• River Severn at Buildwas
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2022 6.5 km
• River Severn at Ironbridge and Jackfield including Coalport
  30 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 7.0 km
• Wesley Brook at Shifnal, including Evelith
  5 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 7.3 km
• River Severn at Sutton Wharf
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2024 9.0 km
• Rivers Tern, Perry, Roden, Strine and Meese and their tributaries
  187 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2026 9.5 km

Recorded floods near Telford

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

• 3 Feb 2004 — Upper Severn - February 2004 Main river
• 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
• 1 Jan 1948 — January 1948 (Upper Severn) Main river

Rainfall near Telford

Telford gets about 763 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 76 mm; driest March, 50 mm). That is 34% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.0 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.3 km away), recorded 0.0 mm in the last 24 hours and 36.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 48 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Telford

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

High likelihood (37)

Medium likelihood (19)

Low likelihood (35)

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.