Does EX35 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX35 district carry real flood risk: 12 of its 15 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX35 postcode district covers Lynton & Lynmouth, Dulverton & Exmoor, close to Barbrook, Brendon, Simonsbath, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and Somerset.

15 postcodes in the EX35 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 12 high, 1 medium, 2 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 EX35 postcodes are at risk?

EX35 6EF up to High EX35 6EH up to High EX35 6EN up to High EX35 6EQ up to High EX35 6EX up to High EX35 6JR up to High EX35 6NU up to High EX35 6PD up to High EX35 6PG up to High EX35 6PH up to High EX35 6PS up to High EX35 6PT up to High EX35 6LH up to Medium EX35 6JL up to Low EX35 6JT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near EX35

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

Barbrook Bridge on the West Lyn River — 2.1 km away, highest on record 0.84m
Brendon on the East Lyn River — 4.2 km away, highest on record 3.41m
Simonsbath on the River Barle — 9.8 km away, highest on record 1.82m
Leehamford on the River Bray — 10.2 km away, highest on record 1.75m

25 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (25 at warning level or above), most recently 8 April 2024. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Lynmouth Tidal Flood Jan 2014 (2014) — about 1.9 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX34 EX36 EX33 EX37 EX32 EX38 EX31 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.