Tamworth Flood Risk
Tamworth has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 0.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.4 km away.
Tamworth has 76,715 residents and 34,273 homes. Ranked 2350 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Tamworth Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 2.733 m , reached on 21 July 2007.
When Has Tamworth Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 7 recorded flood outlines covering Tamworth, the most recent dated 1 December 1992.
Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.
What Does Tamworth's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
4.9% of postcodes in Tamworth 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 Low , with 0.5% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Tamworth?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Tamworth. 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, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| B77 | 967 | Low | 2,402 |
| B79 | 458 | Low | 1,205 |
| B78 | 54 | Low | 47 |
What Else Is Near Tamworth?
Other places on the River Tame, nearest to Tamworth first.