Does EX36 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX36 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 32 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX36 postcode district covers Bishop's Nympton, South Molton, North Molton, Chittlehampton, close to Charles, Chittlehamholt, Burrington, and surrounding villages in Devon.

32 postcodes in the EX36 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 9 medium, 6 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 EX36 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near EX36

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

Mole Mills on the River Mole — 1.6 km away, highest on record 2.12m
North Molton on the River Mole — 3.7 km away, highest on record 1.98m
Newtown Bridge on the River Bray — 7.7 km away, highest on record 2.36m
Woodleigh on the River Mole — 9.4 km away, highest on record 3.28m

210 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (6 at warning level or above), most recently 23 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

South Molton Flood December 2012 (2012) — about 1.6 km from the centre
Jul-82 (1982) — about 1.6 km from the centre
River Mole 02/11/1970 (1970) — about 1.4 km from the centre
Jan 9th 1968 Flood Event (1968) — about 4 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX35 EX37 EX34 EX38 EX33 EX39 EX32 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.