Does EX39 1NL flood?

Appledore, Devon

Up to High likelihood

Properties in EX39 1NL 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 band	Annual chance	Properties
High	greater than 3.3%	1
Medium	1% – 3.3%	0
Low	0.1% – 1%	0
Very low	below 0.1%	0

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

The ground around EX39 1NL

The ground here sits at about 9 m above sea level and falls 37 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-east, 2.0 m higher.

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Inside the full report for EX39 1NL

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report

EX39 1NL

Elevated flood risk — professional assessment recommended

Because properties in the high likelihood band; 314 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: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···

Rivers & sea

Up to High

Surface water

···

Groundwater

Not assessed

Historic flooding

None within ~1 km

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

Rivers & sea likelihood · illustrative

Surface water (flash flooding) · illustrative

Flood Zones 2 & 3 (planning) · illustrative

2050s projection (climate) · illustrative

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around EX39 1NL. 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 EX39 1NL

314

flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006

of them full flood warnings or severe warnings

2026

most recent warning nearby (2026-04-04)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 31 warnings nearby) · Eleanor (2018, 4 warnings nearby) · Imogen (2016, 4 warnings nearby) · Ellen (2020, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for EX39 1NL

Gauge	River	Distance	Typical high	Highest on record
Kenwith Castle	Kenwith Stream	3.6 km	1.20 m	1.44 m
Braunton Butts Bridge	River Caen	7.5 km	1.20 m	1.92 m
Weare Giffard	River Torridge	8.4 km	3.20 m	4.38 m
Stoneybridge	River Caen	10.1 km	0.65 m	1.60 m

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

Storm overflows within 5 km

Overflow	Discharges into	Distance	Spills	Hours
Combined Sewer Overflow At Skern	The Pill	0.4 km	2 (2024)	0
Causeway Close Cso	Tributary Of The Pill Via Sws	0.7 km	16 (2024)	4
Appledore Pumping Station	River Torridge Estuary (e)	1.3 km	1 (2024)	2
Northam Waste Water Pumping Station	Bideford Bay & The Pill	1.4 km	6 (2024)	11

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

Flood defences

No mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m of the postcode centre. 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

EX39 1FR up to Low EX39 1HD up to Low EX39 1HG up to Medium EX39 1HJ up to Very low EX39 1HL up to Low EX39 1HN up to High EX39 1LH up to High EX39 1LJ up to High EX39 1LL up to High EX39 1LU up to Low EX39 1NU up to High EX39 1PH up to Low

At-risk postcodes near EX39 1NL — all in the EX39 district.

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