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Does EX23 0LS flood?

Up to High likelihood

Properties in EX23 0LS sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%22
Medium1% – 3.3%11
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around EX23 0LS

The ground here sits at about 12 m above sea level and falls 43 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 27.7 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around EX230LS, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 12 m above sea level and falls 43 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the west, 27.7 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of EX23 0LS, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for EX23 0LS

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
EX23 0LS
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 6 recorded floods nearby; 156 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around EX23 0LS. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near EX23 0LS

156
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
57
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2025
most recent warning nearby (2025-12-05)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 2018 CW9592 - Whalesbrough ~0.8 km
Dec 2012 CW9245 - Bude - Helebridge ~0.7 km
Feb 2009 CW8834 - Helebridge ~1.3 km
Aug 2004 CW8454 - Bude ~0.6 km
Feb 2004 CW8455 - Bude ~0.5 km
Jan 2004 CW8142 - Helebridge ~1.3 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

Imogen (2016, 6 warnings nearby) · Eleanor (2018, 4 warnings nearby) · Eunice (2022, 3 warnings nearby) · Dudley (2022, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for EX23 0LS

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Helebridge River Neet 1.1 km 0.45 m 1.28 m
HELEBRIDGE — 1.1 km — —
Bush River Strat 4.0 km 1.00 m 1.59 m
Bridge Rule River Tamar 6.8 km 2.30 m 2.70 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
The Strand Cso River Neet (s) 1.3 km 7 (2024) 1
Barn Orchard Cottages Ps River Strat 1.4 km 3 (2024) 22
Nanny Moores Bridge Cso River Neet (s) 1.6 km 1 (2024) 1
Summerleaze Car Park Cso Bude Bay (c) 1.6 km 1 (2024) 0

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

7 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~126 m (natural high ground, embankment, engineered high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

EX23 0AD up to High EX23 0AH up to Very low EX23 0AJ up to Low EX23 0AW up to Medium EX23 0BR up to Low EX23 0DH up to Medium EX23 0DQ up to High EX23 0DY up to Low EX23 0HP up to Medium EX23 0JA up to High EX23 0JB up to High EX23 0JD up to High

At-risk postcodes near EX23 0LS — all in the EX23 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the EX23 district.