Does Willenhall flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 109 postcodes in Willenhall 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 1,043 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 Willenhall

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Willenhall watch Ford Brook, River Tame, Smestow Brook.

• Walsall
  Ford Brook · 4.2 km away 0.17 mASD
  normal range · rising · 33 min ago
• Park Hill
  River Tame · 4.6 km away 0.24 mASD
  normal range · rising · 33 min ago
• Bescot
  River Tame · 5.3 km away 0.86 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Sheepwash
  River Tame · 7.1 km away 0.36 mASD
  normal range · steady · 33 min ago
• Sandwell Woodend
  River Tame · 9.2 km away 0.55 mASD
  normal range · rising · 33 min ago
• Wightwick
  Smestow Brook · 9.7 km away 0.02 mASD
  below normal · steady · 33 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Willenhall'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 Willenhall

16 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Willenhall. The EA has issued 56 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 28 Aug 2026.

• Ford Brook at Bescot including Bescot Crescent and Wednesbury Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest May 2018 4.3 km
• Ford Brook at Walsall Town Centre including Lower North Street, Lichfield Street, Bridgeman Street and Long Street
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest May 2018 4.3 km
• River Tame at Wednesbury including Hydes Road, The Woods and Bescot areas 4.7 km
• River Tame at Golds Hill from Waterside Park to Smith Road 4.8 km
• River Tame at Bescot railway station area
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 4.9 km
• River Tame at Holloway Bank from Smith Road to Woden Road South 5.0 km
• Ford Brook at Rushall from Coronation Road to Cartbridge Lane South 6.4 km
• River Tame at Horseley Heath and Great Bridge from John's Lane to the Walsall Canal 6.5 km
• River Tame at Ray Hall Water Works including Sandhurst Way, Manorford Avenue, Mayford Drive, Kelverley Grove and Brook Bridge
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2023 6.8 km
• Waterhead Brook at Bushbury, Wolverhampton from Northycote Lane to Stafford Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 6.8 km
• River Tame at Sandwell Valley and Forge Mill Farm 8.5 km
• Upper Tame at Sandwell Valley
  37 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 8.8 km

Rainfall near Willenhall

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.7 km away), recorded 0.2 mm in the last 24 hours and 13.8 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 33 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Willenhall

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

High likelihood (34)

Medium likelihood (18)

Low likelihood (57)

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.