Does EX24 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX24 district carry real flood risk: 16 of its 30 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX24 postcode district covers Coly Valley, close to Colyton, Whitford, Sidbury, and surrounding villages in Devon.

30 postcodes in the EX24 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 16 high, 2 medium, 8 low, 4 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 EX24 postcodes are at risk?

EX24 6DF up to High EX24 6DT up to High EX24 6DU up to High EX24 6ED up to High EX24 6HD up to High EX24 6HW up to High EX24 6LP up to High EX24 6PD up to High EX24 6PG up to High EX24 6QF up to High EX24 6QG up to High EX24 6QP up to High EX24 6QW up to High EX24 6SA up to High EX24 6SG up to High EX24 6SQ up to High EX24 6DS up to Medium EX24 6HF up to Medium EX24 6DG up to Low EX24 6EF up to Low EX24 6EH up to Low EX24 6EY up to Low EX24 6HS up to Low EX24 6LF up to Low EX24 6QQ up to Low EX24 6RS up to Low EX24 6LG up to Very low EX24 6LS up to Very low EX24 6LU up to Very low EX24 6LY up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX24

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

488 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (187 at warning level or above), most recently 18 February 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

EX23 EX22 EX21 EX20 EX19 EX18 EX17 EX31

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.