Does EX17 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX17 district carry real flood risk: 55 of its 89 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX17 postcode district covers Yeo, Crediton Boniface, Sandford & Creedy, Upper Yeo & Taw, close to Upton Hellions, Yeoford, Lapford, and surrounding villages in Devon.

89 postcodes in the EX17 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 55 high, 16 medium, 17 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 EX17 postcodes are at risk?

EX17 1AB up to High EX17 1AX up to High EX17 1AZ up to High EX17 1BN up to High EX17 1JZ up to High EX17 3DB up to High EX17 3DD up to High EX17 3DF up to High EX17 3DH up to High EX17 3DQ up to High EX17 3FS up to High EX17 3JE up to High EX17 3JJ up to High EX17 3JQ up to High EX17 3NZ up to High EX17 3PE up to High EX17 3PQ up to High EX17 3PW up to High EX17 3QN up to High EX17 3QP up to High EX17 3QU up to High EX17 3SZ up to High EX17 4BA up to High EX17 4BD up to High EX17 4BE up to High EX17 4BH up to High EX17 4EA up to High EX17 4HU up to High EX17 4JB up to High EX17 4JE up to High EX17 4RS up to High EX17 4SL up to High EX17 4TS up to High EX17 5BL up to High EX17 5BZ up to High EX17 5DB up to High EX17 5DE up to High EX17 5ER up to High EX17 5EY up to High EX17 5HL up to High EX17 5HU up to High EX17 5JB up to High EX17 5JD up to High EX17 5JL up to High EX17 5LQ up to High EX17 5LS up to High EX17 5NN up to High EX17 5NR up to High EX17 5PW up to High EX17 6AA up to High EX17 6BP up to High EX17 6DB up to High EX17 6LB up to High EX17 6QS up to High EX17 6SQ up to High EX17 1FE up to Medium EX17 3BN up to Medium EX17 3BZ up to Medium EX17 3DE up to Medium EX17 3DG up to Medium EX17 3PF up to Medium EX17 3QL up to Medium EX17 4AY up to Medium EX17 4QJ up to Medium EX17 4RT up to Medium EX17 5LW up to Medium EX17 6EE up to Medium EX17 6PU up to Medium EX17 6QU up to Medium EX17 6QX up to Medium EX17 6YQ up to Medium EX17 1AQ up to Low EX17 1AW up to Low EX17 3BT up to Low EX17 3FA up to Low EX17 3FD up to Low EX17 3PP up to Low EX17 3QB up to Low EX17 4NW up to Low EX17 4QG up to Low EX17 4RP up to Low EX17 4RY up to Low EX17 5DD up to Low EX17 5LJ up to Low EX17 5PY up to Low EX17 6AE up to Low EX17 6DF up to Low EX17 6ER up to Low EX17 3QW up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX17

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

132 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (7 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

EX16 EX18 EX15 EX19 EX14 EX20 EX13 EX21

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.