Does EX38 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX38 district carry real flood risk: 14 of its 17 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX38 postcode district covers Great Torrington, Shebbear & Langtree, Monkleigh & Putford, Two Rivers & Three Moors, close to Weare Giffard, Dolton, Kenwith, and surrounding villages in Devon.

17 postcodes in the EX38 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 14 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 EX38 postcodes are at risk?

EX38 7DW up to High EX38 7EW up to High EX38 7HB up to High EX38 7HD up to High EX38 8AS up to High EX38 8AT up to High EX38 8AU up to High EX38 8AW up to High EX38 8JB up to High EX38 8JD up to High EX38 8JE up to High EX38 8PA up to High EX38 8PH up to High EX38 8QB up to High EX38 8JF up to Medium EX38 7EP up to Low EX38 8PJ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near EX38

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

Torrington on the River Torridge — 1.1 km away, highest on record 5.76m
TORRINGTON — 1.1 km away
TORRINGTON — 1.1 km away
Dolton on the River Torridge — 9.7 km away, highest on record 4.09m

234 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (96 at warning level or above), most recently 27 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Autumn 2000 Event - Weare Giffard (2000) — about 3.4 km from the centre
Autumn 2000 Event (2000) — about 0.3 km from the centre
River Torridge: Weare Giffard (1979) — about 4.3 km from the centre
River Torridge: Taddiport Bridge (1979) — about 0.9 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX37 EX39 EX36 EX35 EX34 EX33 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.