Streetly Flood Risk
Streetly has no mapped rivers-and-sea flood risk: neither the national risk assessment nor the planning Flood Zone map covers it. That is not a statement that Streetly cannot flood — this figure covers rivers and the sea only, and surface water flooding is not included. The nearest gauge is 6.6 km away.
Streetly has 16,213 residents and 6,962 homes. Ranked equal 3078 of 7,114 — the places where the national risk assessment maps no rivers-and-sea exposure for any home, so the position is a tie rather than a low score.
What Is The River Level Near Streetly Right Now?
The nearest gauge is Perry Park, 6.6 km from the centre of Streetly, at Perry Barr. Its typical range is 0.41 m to 0.868 m, and the highest level on record is 3.387 m, reached on 9 August 1999.
No current reading has been published for this gauge.
What Does Streetly's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
0% of postcodes in Streetly sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.
The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is not mapped here, which means the national assessment finds no rivers-and-sea exposure for Streetly's homes rather than a low amount of it. That is a statement about rivers and the sea only: surface water flooding is not included, and it is the larger source nationally.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Streetly?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Streetly. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town: every district here overlaps another place, so the checker may name a neighbouring town for some of these postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| B74 | 363 | Low | 333 |
| WS9 | 20 | Low | 15 |
What Else Is Near Streetly?
Other places on the River Tame, nearest to Streetly first.