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Does EX5 4BU flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in EX5 4BU sit in the Environment Agency's Low 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%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%21
Very lowbelow 0.1%00

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a low-likelihood area has a 2–22% chance of flooding at least once.

The ground around EX5 4BU

The ground here sits at about 69 m above sea level and falls 91 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 76.7 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around EX54BU, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 69 m above sea level and falls 91 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 76.7 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of EX5 4BU, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for EX5 4BU

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
EX5 4BU
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 4 recorded floods nearby; 577 official warnings since 2006.

C 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: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Low
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 EX5 4BU. 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 EX5 4BU

577
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
48
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Oct 2000 Autumn 2000 ~1.5 km
Dec 1993 River Exe: Upstream of Chitterley ~1.3 km
Dec 1993 River Exe: Bickleigh ~1.4 km
Dec 1965 River Exe: Dec 1965 ~1.1 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, 34 warnings nearby) · Dennis (2020, 5 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 5 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for EX5 4BU

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Tiverton River Exe 3.7 km 2.20 m 3.58 m
Thorverton River Exe 5.2 km 1.90 m 3.64 m
Bradninch Hele Station Road River Culm 6.2 km 2.15 m 3.65 m
Tiverton Lowman River Lowman 6.2 km 1.10 m 1.53 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
Bickleigh Wwtw Trib Of River Exe 1.0 km 100 (2024) 1,441
Silverton Pumping Station Silverton Stream Via Sws 3.6 km 9 (2024) 4
Cadeleigh Stw Unnamed Watercourse(s) 3.7 km 17 (2024) 8
Tiverton Stw River Exe 3.7 km 171 (2024) 3,439

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

EX5 4AA up to Low EX5 4AB up to Low EX5 4AD up to Low EX5 4AE up to Very low EX5 4AF up to Medium EX5 4AG up to Low EX5 4AH up to Medium EX5 4AJ up to Low EX5 4AL up to Medium EX5 4AN up to Low EX5 4AP up to Low EX5 4AQ up to Medium

At-risk postcodes near EX5 4BU — all in the EX5 district.

© 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. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring. Flood defences © Environment Agency (OGL v3). This page summarises public area-level data — it is not a flood-risk survey and not a substitute for the official GOV.UK service. All data sources & licences. More postcodes: the EX5 district.