Does Wolverhampton flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 57 postcodes in Wolverhampton 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 393 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 Wolverhampton

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Wolverhampton watch Smestow Brook, River Penk, Saredon Brook, Ford Brook, River Tame.

• Wightwick
  Smestow Brook · 5.9 km away 0.02 mASD
  below normal · steady · 2 h ago
• Coven
  River Penk · 6.9 km away 0.47 mASD
  normal range · steady · 2 h ago
• Deepmore Farm
  Saredon Brook · 7.5 km away 0.31 mASD
  normal range · rising · 2 h ago
• Walsall
  Ford Brook · 8.9 km away 0.18 mASD
  normal range · rising · 2 h ago
• Park Hill
  River Tame · 9.1 km away 0.24 mASD
  normal range · steady · 2 h ago
• Bescot
  River Tame · 9.9 km away 0.87 mASD
  normal range · rising · 2 h ago

Distances are from the middle of Wolverhampton'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 Wolverhampton

15 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Wolverhampton. The EA has issued 58 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 2 Jun 2026.

• Waterhead Brook at Bushbury, Wolverhampton from Northycote Lane to Stafford Road
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Nov 2025 3.1 km
• Smestow Brook at Wightwick and Compton 5.7 km
• River Penk at Coven
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 6.8 km
• Saredon Brook at Standeford near Coven
  30 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jun 2026 7.1 km
• River Tame at Golds Hill from Waterside Park to Smith Road 8.8 km
• Saredon Brook at Wedges Mills, Cannock
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Sep 2024 8.8 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 8.9 km
• Ford Brook at Bescot including Bescot Crescent and Wednesbury Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest May 2018 9.0 km
• River Tame at Holloway Bank from Smith Road to Woden Road South 9.1 km
• River Penk at Somerford
  12 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2024 9.1 km
• River Tame at Wednesbury including Hydes Road, The Woods and Bescot areas 9.2 km
• Ridings Brook at Bridgetown, Cannock including parts of Walsall Road and Longford Industrial Estate 9.3 km

Rainfall near Wolverhampton

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (3.0 km away), recorded 1.4 mm in the last 24 hours and 15.0 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 2 h ago).

At-risk postcodes in Wolverhampton

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

High likelihood (7)

Medium likelihood (17)

Low likelihood (33)

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.