Does EX3 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX3 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 40 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX3 postcode district covers Topsham, Clyst Valley, Woodbury & Lympstone, close to Exminster, Lympstone, Clyst Honiton, and surrounding villages in Devon.

40 postcodes in the EX3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 10 medium, 5 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 EX3 postcodes are at risk?

EX3 0AN up to High EX3 0AS up to High EX3 0AY up to High EX3 0AZ up to High EX3 0BE up to High EX3 0DB up to High EX3 0HY up to High EX3 0JB up to High EX3 0JF up to High EX3 0JH up to High EX3 0JJ up to High EX3 0JN up to High EX3 0JP up to High EX3 0JT up to High EX3 0JU up to High EX3 0JW up to High EX3 0LS up to High EX3 0NU up to High EX3 0NZ up to High EX3 0PS up to High EX3 0PX up to High EX3 0QH up to High EX3 0QJ up to High EX3 0QQ up to High EX3 0TR up to High EX3 0AW up to Medium EX3 0AX up to Medium EX3 0FP up to Medium EX3 0HX up to Medium EX3 0JQ up to Medium EX3 0LR up to Medium EX3 0NT up to Medium EX3 0PA up to Medium EX3 0PB up to Medium EX3 0PH up to Medium EX3 0BB up to Low EX3 0HZ up to Low EX3 0JL up to Low EX3 0NY up to Low EX3 0PD up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near EX3

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

308 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (115 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

EX2 EX4 EX1 EX5 EX6 EX7 EX8 EX9

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.