Does EX11 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX11 district carry real flood risk: 47 of its 69 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX11 postcode district covers Ottery St Mary, Newton Poppleford & Harpford, Tale Vale, close to Fairmile, Fenny Bridges, Sidbury, and surrounding villages in Devon.

69 postcodes in the EX11 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 47 high, 12 medium, 9 low, 1 very low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which EX11 postcodes are at risk?

EX11 1AE up to High EX11 1AH up to High EX11 1AQ up to High EX11 1BP up to High EX11 1BS up to High EX11 1BT up to High EX11 1BU up to High EX11 1BW up to High EX11 1BY up to High EX11 1DB up to High EX11 1DE up to High EX11 1EA up to High EX11 1EL up to High EX11 1EX up to High EX11 1EY up to High EX11 1EZ up to High EX11 1FG up to High EX11 1GP up to High EX11 1GQ up to High EX11 1GT up to High EX11 1GU up to High EX11 1GX up to High EX11 1GZ up to High EX11 1HQ up to High EX11 1LU up to High EX11 1LY up to High EX11 1LZ up to High EX11 1NF up to High EX11 1NR up to High EX11 1NS up to High EX11 1PD up to High EX11 1PN up to High EX11 1PP up to High EX11 1QS up to High EX11 1QZ up to High EX11 1RE up to High EX11 1RG up to High EX11 1RJ up to High EX11 1RL up to High EX11 1RQ up to High EX11 1RS up to High EX11 1RU up to High EX11 1RW up to High EX11 1RZ up to High EX11 1SD up to High EX11 1SS up to High EX11 1WH up to High EX11 1AL up to Medium EX11 1DD up to Medium EX11 1ET up to Medium EX11 1GB up to Medium EX11 1GY up to Medium EX11 1NZ up to Medium EX11 1PU up to Medium EX11 1PY up to Medium EX11 1QP up to Medium EX11 1RF up to Medium EX11 1RH up to Medium EX11 1TE up to Medium EX11 1AF up to Low EX11 1AJ up to Low EX11 1DG up to Low EX11 1EB up to Low EX11 1GR up to Low EX11 1LS up to Low EX11 1QR up to Low EX11 1TA up to Low EX11 1YA up to Low EX11 1PH up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX11

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

30 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (30 at warning level or above), most recently 27 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX10 EX12 EX13 EX9 EX14 EX8 EX15 EX7

Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © 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.