Does EX20 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX20 district carry real flood risk: 73 of its 170 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX20 postcode district covers Exbourne, Bridestowe, close to Okehampton, Jacobstowe, Meldon, and surrounding villages in Devon.

170 postcodes in the EX20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 73 high, 29 medium, 53 low, 15 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 EX20 postcodes are at risk?

EX20 1AN up to High EX20 1AP up to High EX20 1BY up to High EX20 1DQ up to High EX20 1DR up to High EX20 1DS up to High EX20 1EE up to High EX20 1ES up to High EX20 1HN up to High EX20 1HZ up to High EX20 1JA up to High EX20 1JE up to High EX20 1JH up to High EX20 1JX up to High EX20 1LH up to High EX20 1LL up to High EX20 1PS up to High EX20 1QS up to High EX20 1QT up to High EX20 1QY up to High EX20 1QZ up to High EX20 1RB up to High EX20 1RH up to High EX20 1RP up to High EX20 1RR up to High EX20 1RW up to High EX20 2AA up to High EX20 2AB up to High EX20 2AF up to High EX20 2BB up to High EX20 2DD up to High EX20 2DR up to High EX20 2DT up to High EX20 2EB up to High EX20 2ED up to High EX20 2EE up to High EX20 2FF up to High EX20 2GT up to High EX20 2JX up to High EX20 2JY up to High EX20 2LN up to High EX20 2LU up to High EX20 2LY up to High EX20 2NP up to High EX20 2NZ up to High EX20 2PY up to High EX20 2TB up to High EX20 2TF up to High EX20 2TG up to High EX20 3EJ up to High EX20 3EN up to High EX20 3HB up to High EX20 3HP up to High EX20 3LR up to High EX20 3LS up to High EX20 3LT up to High EX20 3LU up to High EX20 3LX up to High EX20 3LZ up to High EX20 3NE up to High EX20 3PF up to High EX20 3PS up to High EX20 4AJ up to High EX20 4EE up to High EX20 4EG up to High EX20 4EL up to High EX20 4EN up to High EX20 4HQ up to High EX20 4LR up to High EX20 4NQ up to High EX20 4PR up to High EX20 4QE up to High EX20 4QQ up to High EX20 1AR up to Medium EX20 1BL up to Medium EX20 1BQ up to Medium EX20 1DJ up to Medium EX20 1DW up to Medium EX20 1GJ up to Medium EX20 1HT up to Medium EX20 1HX up to Medium EX20 1LQ up to Medium EX20 1PR up to Medium EX20 1WL up to Medium EX20 1XS up to Medium EX20 1XU up to Medium EX20 1XX up to Medium EX20 2DS up to Medium EX20 2DU up to Medium EX20 2DY up to Medium EX20 2LR up to Medium EX20 2NH up to Medium EX20 2NR up to Medium EX20 2SE up to Medium EX20 3AW up to Medium EX20 3QA up to Medium EX20 3RE up to Medium EX20 4AL up to Medium EX20 4DE up to Medium EX20 4ED up to Medium EX20 4EW up to Medium EX20 4QG up to Medium EX20 1AS up to Low EX20 1AW up to Low EX20 1BD up to Low EX20 1BJ up to Low EX20 1BN up to Low EX20 1BW up to Low EX20 1BZ up to Low EX20 1DH up to Low EX20 1DL up to Low EX20 1DP up to Low EX20 1ET up to Low EX20 1EU up to Low EX20 1EX up to Low EX20 1FA up to Low EX20 1FD up to Low EX20 1FN up to Low EX20 1HB up to Low EX20 1HH up to Low EX20 1HQ up to Low EX20 1JZ up to Low EX20 1LF up to Low EX20 1LJ up to Low EX20 1PW up to Low EX20 1UW up to Low EX20 1UX up to Low EX20 1XW up to Low EX20 2AH up to Low EX20 2AJ up to Low EX20 2AU up to Low EX20 2DE up to Low EX20 2DH up to Low EX20 2ES up to Low EX20 2GU up to Low EX20 2JZ up to Low EX20 2LA up to Low EX20 2LZ up to Low EX20 2SZ up to Low EX20 2TP up to Low EX20 3AL up to Low EX20 3DU up to Low EX20 3ET up to Low EX20 3HQ up to Low EX20 3JA up to Low EX20 3NR up to Low EX20 3QG up to Low EX20 3QT up to Low EX20 3QY up to Low EX20 3RH up to Low EX20 3RJ up to Low EX20 4AA up to Low EX20 4HN up to Low EX20 4JB up to Low EX20 4LT up to Low EX20 1AD up to Very low EX20 1AF up to Very low EX20 1DX up to Very low EX20 1EP up to Very low EX20 1ER up to Very low EX20 1GS up to Very low EX20 1HG up to Very low EX20 1HJ up to Very low EX20 1HL up to Very low EX20 1SR up to Very low EX20 1SS up to Very low EX20 1UU up to Very low EX20 2DZ up to Very low EX20 2EH up to Very low EX20 3DY up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX20

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

21 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (21 at warning level or above), most recently 9 December 2025. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX19 EX21 EX18 EX22 EX17 EX23 EX16 EX24

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.