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Does EX10 8BD flood?

Sidmouth, Devon

Up to High likelihood

Properties in EX10 8BD sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%31
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around EX10 8BD

The ground here sits at about 4 m above sea level and falls 42 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 2.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around EX108BD, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 4 m above sea level and falls 42 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east, 2.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of EX10 8BD, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for EX10 8BD

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
EX10 8BD
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 19 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around EX10 8BD. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near EX10 8BD

19
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
19
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-01-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jul 2012 Sidmouth Flood July 2012 ~0.5 km
Jul 1968 River Sid: July 1968 ~0.3 km
Oct 1960 River Sid: Sidmouth ~0.3 km
Jul 1960 Sidmouth: 1960 ~0.4 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Chandra (2026, 4 warnings nearby) · Angus (2016, 3 warnings nearby) · Ciaran (2023, 1 warnings nearby) · Katie (2016, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for EX10 8BD

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Sidmouth River Sid 0.4 km 0.40 m 1.86 m
Dotton River Otter 4.1 km 1.40 m 3.62 m
DOTTON — 4.2 km — —
Sidbury River Sid 4.6 km 1.00 m 2.50 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
The Ham Ps Tank & Cso - Sidmouth (s) River Sid And (c) Lyme Bay 0.2 km 41 (2024) 110
The Ham Ps Tank & Cso - Sidmouth (s) River Sid And (c) Lyme Bay 0.2 km 16 (2024) 16
The Ham Ps Tank & Cso - Sidmouth (s) River Sid And (c) Lyme Bay 0.6 km 101 (2024) 1,641
Vicarage Road Cso River Sid Via Sws 0.8 km 2 (2024) 0

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

44 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~22 m (flood gate, wall, bridge abutment, natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

EX10 8AA up to High EX10 8AB up to Medium EX10 8AD up to High EX10 8AE up to High EX10 8AF up to High EX10 8AG up to High EX10 8AH up to High EX10 8AJ up to High EX10 8AL up to High EX10 8AN up to High EX10 8AP up to High EX10 8AQ up to High

At-risk postcodes near EX10 8BD — all in the EX10 district.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the EX10 district.