Does EX22 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX22 district carry real flood risk: 16 of its 28 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX22 postcode district covers Milton & Tamarside, Hartland, Holsworthy, Broadheath, close to Kingford, Bridge Rule, Whitstone, and surrounding villages in parts of Cornwall and Devon.

28 postcodes in the EX22 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 16 high, 5 medium, 7 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 EX22 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near EX22

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

Tamarstone Bridge on the River Tamar — 4.2 km away, highest on record 2.43m
Tamarstone Bridge — 4.2 km away
Bridge Rule on the River Tamar — 5.7 km away, highest on record 2.70m
Crowford Bridge on the River Tamar — 7.3 km away, highest on record 2.43m

31 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (31 at warning level or above), most recently 18 February 2024. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Rydon Bridge (2018) — about 1.7 km from the centre
Derriton Bridge (2018) — about 2.6 km from the centre
CW9585 - Holsworthy (Rydon bridge) (2018) — about 1.7 km from the centre
CW9572 - Holsworthy (Derrition Bridge) (2018) — about 2.6 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX21 EX23 EX20 EX24 EX19 EX18 EX17 EX16

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.