Does EX19 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX19 district carry real flood risk: 5 of its 13 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX19 postcode district covers Exbourne, Two Rivers & Three Moors, Winkleigh, Hatherleigh, close to Dolton, Sheepwash, Jacobstowe, and surrounding villages in Devon.

13 postcodes in the EX19 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 5 high, 1 medium, 5 low, 2 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 EX19 postcodes are at risk?

EX19 8AA up to High EX19 8AF up to High EX19 8AQ up to High EX19 8DL up to High EX19 8RF up to High EX19 8RZ up to Medium EX19 8AZ up to Low EX19 8SF up to Low EX19 8SJ up to Low EX19 8SN up to Low EX19 8SQ up to Low EX19 8SE up to Very low EX19 8SL up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX19

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

Dolton on the River Torridge — 3.4 km away, highest on record 4.09m
Rockhay Bridge on the River Torridge — 7 km away, highest on record 3.66m
Jacobstowe on the River Okement — 7.3 km away, highest on record 3.65m
Gribbleford Bridge on the River Lew — 8.9 km away, highest on record 2.96m

311 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 30 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

River Torridge: Hele Bridge (1970) — about 3.8 km from the centre
River Torride: Dec 1965 (1965) — about 3.8 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX18 EX20 EX17 EX21 EX16 EX22 EX15 EX23

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.