Does EX37 9DZ flood?

Chapelton, Devon

Up to High likelihood

Properties in EX37 9DZ sit in the Environment Agency's High flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%21
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.

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Inside the full report for EX37 9DZ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
EX37 9DZ
Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 3 recorded floods nearby; 122 official warnings since 2006.

E Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to High
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 18 sections

Flood-risk map of this area

Environment Agency flood-likelihood cells
High (>3.3%/yr) Medium Low Very low Marker = postcode centre Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around EX37 9DZ. The small panels are illustrative previews of the report's per-layer map views — the full report draws each layer for real, plus recorded extents, defences and a building picker on an interactive map.

Official flood warnings near EX37 9DZ

122
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
34
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-01-28)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Dec 1979 River Taw: Chapelton to Barnstaple ~0.9 km
Jan 1968 Jan 9th 1968 Flood Event ~1.3 km
Dec 1965 River Taw: Dec 1965 ~1.2 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 10 warnings nearby) · Angus (2016, 5 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 2 warnings nearby) · Ciaran (2023, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for EX37 9DZ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Umberleigh River Taw 3.4 km 2.80 m 5.00 m
UMBERLEIGH 3.4 km
Landkey Newland Tanners Road Halford Stream 5.5 km 0.70 m 0.98 m
Swimbridge Landkey Brook 5.8 km 0.59 m 1.18 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

Storm overflows within 5 km

OverflowDischarges intoDistanceSpillsHours
Atherington Wwtw Cso Trib Of Chantry Stream 3.0 km 69 (2024) 492
Yarnscombe Sewage Treatment Works Tributary Of Langham Lake(s) 3.2 km 3 (2024) 4
Cobbaton Stw Hawkridge Brook(s) 4.0 km 109 (2024) 1,985
Bishops Tawton Pumping Station River Venn (estuarine) 4.7 km 32 (2024) 52

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

4 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~122 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.

What the full property report adds

The interactive flood-risk map with a building picker (your exact house, not the postcode), the 2050s climate view, surface-water and planning flood zones at your building, exact recorded-flood distances, year-by-year warning charts, watercourses including culverted streams, an insurance outlook with the Flood Re rules, and a printable document with every dataset receipt — start with the free preview, unlock for £19.

Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near EX37 9DZ — all in the EX37 district.

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