Does EX6 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX6 district carry real flood risk: 64 of its 171 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX6 postcode district covers Kenton & Starcross, Teign Valley, Kenn Valley, Dawlish North East, close to Kennford, Exminster, Topsham, and surrounding villages in Devon.

171 postcodes in the EX6 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 64 high, 44 medium, 58 low, 5 very 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 EX6 postcodes are at risk?

EX6 6AZ up to High EX6 6BD up to High EX6 6BE up to High EX6 6BH up to High EX6 6ES up to High EX6 6EW up to High EX6 6HP up to High EX6 6NL up to High EX6 6QE up to High EX6 7AB up to High EX6 7AF up to High EX6 7BG up to High EX6 7DB up to High EX6 7DD up to High EX6 7ED up to High EX6 7EE up to High EX6 7EF up to High EX6 7EG up to High EX6 7ER up to High EX6 7EZ up to High EX6 7HA up to High EX6 7HB up to High EX6 7HD up to High EX6 7HE up to High EX6 7HG up to High EX6 7HT up to High EX6 7JA up to High EX6 7JE up to High EX6 7JH up to High EX6 7JN up to High EX6 7JS up to High EX6 7LD up to High EX6 7LF up to High EX6 7NF up to High EX6 7NG up to High EX6 7PT up to High EX6 7PU up to High EX6 7PW up to High EX6 7QB up to High EX6 7QJ up to High EX6 7QL up to High EX6 7QN up to High EX6 7QP up to High EX6 7TR up to High EX6 8AG up to High EX6 8AT up to High EX6 8AZ up to High EX6 8DN up to High EX6 8DZ up to High EX6 8ED up to High EX6 8EE up to High EX6 8EL up to High EX6 8EQ up to High EX6 8HZ up to High EX6 8JJ up to High EX6 8JQ up to High EX6 8JR up to High EX6 8JX up to High EX6 8LB up to High EX6 8NL up to High EX6 8PR up to High EX6 8RJ up to High EX6 8RL up to High EX6 8RX up to High EX6 6LD up to Medium EX6 6PW up to Medium EX6 7JD up to Medium EX6 7LB up to Medium EX6 7LE up to Medium EX6 7LX up to Medium EX6 7NS up to Medium EX6 7TA up to Medium EX6 7TB up to Medium EX6 7TD up to Medium EX6 7TE up to Medium EX6 7TF up to Medium EX6 7TG up to Medium EX6 7TH up to Medium EX6 7TJ up to Medium EX6 7TL up to Medium EX6 7TP up to Medium EX6 7TQ up to Medium EX6 7UH up to Medium EX6 8AA up to Medium EX6 8DL up to Medium EX6 8EB up to Medium EX6 8EH up to Medium EX6 8EJ up to Medium EX6 8EN up to Medium EX6 8EW up to Medium EX6 8FB up to Medium EX6 8LD up to Medium EX6 8LU up to Medium EX6 8LX up to Medium EX6 8NZ up to Medium EX6 8PA up to Medium EX6 8PX up to Medium EX6 8PY up to Medium EX6 8PZ up to Medium EX6 8QE up to Medium EX6 8QG up to Medium EX6 8QH up to Medium EX6 8QQ up to Medium EX6 8QU up to Medium EX6 8QY up to Medium EX6 8RA up to Medium EX6 8RU up to Medium EX6 8SB up to Medium EX6 6LB up to Low EX6 6PB up to Low EX6 6QA up to Low EX6 7AE up to Low EX6 7BA up to Low EX6 7BR up to Low EX6 7HF up to Low EX6 7LA up to Low EX6 7PN up to Low EX6 7TN up to Low EX6 7TW up to Low EX6 7UE up to Low EX6 7YT up to Low EX6 8AH up to Low EX6 8AQ up to Low EX6 8BP up to Low EX6 8DY up to Low EX6 8EP up to Low EX6 8JL up to Low EX6 8JS up to Low EX6 8JY up to Low EX6 8JZ up to Low EX6 8NA up to Low EX6 8NH up to Low EX6 8NU up to Low EX6 8NY up to Low EX6 8PB up to Low EX6 8PE up to Low EX6 8PH up to Low EX6 8PJ up to Low EX6 8PN up to Low EX6 8PP up to Low EX6 8PQ up to Low EX6 8PS up to Low EX6 8PT up to Low EX6 8PW up to Low EX6 8QA up to Low EX6 8QB up to Low EX6 8QD up to Low EX6 8QF up to Low EX6 8QJ up to Low EX6 8QN up to Low EX6 8QP up to Low EX6 8QR up to Low EX6 8QT up to Low EX6 8QW up to Low EX6 8QZ up to Low EX6 8RG up to Low EX6 8RN up to Low EX6 8RQ up to Low EX6 8SA up to Low EX6 8SD up to Low EX6 8SE up to Low EX6 8SF up to Low EX6 8SJ up to Low EX6 8UA up to Low EX6 8UB up to Low EX6 8UZ up to Low EX6 8QL up to Very low EX6 8QX up to Very low EX6 8RR up to Very low EX6 8RW up to Very low EX6 8SG up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX6

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

216 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (23 at warning level or above), most recently 2 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX5 EX7 EX4 EX8 EX3 EX9 EX10 EX2

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.