Does EX33 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX33 district carry real flood risk: 72 of its 117 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX33 postcode district covers Heanton Punchardon, Mortehoe, close to Braunton, Knowle, Barnstaple, and surrounding villages in Devon.

117 postcodes in the EX33 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 72 high, 17 medium, 27 low, 1 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 EX33 postcodes are at risk?

EX33 1AA up to High EX33 1AD up to High EX33 1AF up to High EX33 1AW up to High EX33 1EG up to High EX33 1EL up to High EX33 1EN up to High EX33 1EP up to High EX33 1EW up to High EX33 1FE up to High EX33 1HR up to High EX33 1HZ up to High EX33 1JG up to High EX33 1JL up to High EX33 1JN up to High EX33 1JQ up to High EX33 1LP up to High EX33 1LS up to High EX33 1LX up to High EX33 1LY up to High EX33 1NQ up to High EX33 1NZ up to High EX33 1PE up to High EX33 1PF up to High EX33 1PG up to High EX33 1PH up to High EX33 1PQ up to High EX33 2AA up to High EX33 2AF up to High EX33 2AG up to High EX33 2AN up to High EX33 2AQ up to High EX33 2AS up to High EX33 2BG up to High EX33 2BH up to High EX33 2BP up to High EX33 2BT up to High EX33 2DE up to High EX33 2DN up to High EX33 2DP up to High EX33 2DR up to High EX33 2DS up to High EX33 2DT up to High EX33 2DU up to High EX33 2DW up to High EX33 2DX up to High EX33 2EA up to High EX33 2EB up to High EX33 2EL up to High EX33 2EP up to High EX33 2ER up to High EX33 2ES up to High EX33 2EU up to High EX33 2EX up to High EX33 2EZ up to High EX33 2FG up to High EX33 2HU up to High EX33 2HZ up to High EX33 2JB up to High EX33 2JD up to High EX33 2JG up to High EX33 2JQ up to High EX33 2LJ up to High EX33 2LL up to High EX33 2LT up to High EX33 2LX up to High EX33 2LY up to High EX33 2NA up to High EX33 2NQ up to High EX33 2NR up to High EX33 2NX up to High EX33 2PA up to High EX33 1JZ up to Medium EX33 1LF up to Medium EX33 1LQ up to Medium EX33 1LR up to Medium EX33 2AD up to Medium EX33 2AE up to Medium EX33 2BR up to Medium EX33 2BU up to Medium EX33 2BY up to Medium EX33 2DY up to Medium EX33 2ET up to Medium EX33 2HR up to Medium EX33 2JF up to Medium EX33 2JJ up to Medium EX33 2LS up to Medium EX33 2LZ up to Medium EX33 2PS up to Medium EX33 1AN up to Low EX33 1EE up to Low EX33 1HL up to Low EX33 1HT up to Low EX33 1JA up to Low EX33 1JJ up to Low EX33 1LG up to Low EX33 1LJ up to Low EX33 1NU up to Low EX33 1PJ up to Low EX33 2AB up to Low EX33 2AH up to Low EX33 2AJ up to Low EX33 2AW up to Low EX33 2BD up to Low EX33 2BE up to Low EX33 2DA up to Low EX33 2DD up to Low EX33 2FD up to Low EX33 2FE up to Low EX33 2FJ up to Low EX33 2HP up to Low EX33 2JA up to Low EX33 2JL up to Low EX33 2JS up to Low EX33 2NY up to Low EX33 2PB up to Low EX33 2EJ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX33

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

305 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (49 at warning level or above), most recently 4 April 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

EX32 EX34 EX31 EX35 EX36 EX37 EX38 EX39

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.