Does EX7 0FY flood?

Not in an at-risk area

EX7 0FY has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in EX7 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for EX7 0FY

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
EX7 0FY
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 87 official warnings since 2006.

A 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: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
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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

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around EX7 0FY. 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 EX7 0FY

87
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
28
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-02)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 13 warnings nearby) · Callum (2018, 2 warnings nearby) · Brendan (2020, 2 warnings nearby) · Ellen (2020, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for EX7 0FY

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Dawlish Warren Secmaton Lane Shutterton Brook 0.3 km 1.40 m 1.75 m
DAWLISH 2.3 km
Dawlish Dawlish Water 2.3 km 0.68 m 1.32 m
Exmouth Phear Park Withycombe Brook 5.0 km 3.00 m 1.26 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
Shutterton Bridge Ps Shutterton Brook(s) 0.3 km 16 (2024) 9
Shutterton Bridge Ps Shutterton Brook(s) 0.3 km 17 (2024) 18
Dawlish Warren Road Ps Shutterton Brook(s) 1.0 km 76 (2024) 137
Sea Lawns Pumping Station Lyme Bay 1.8 km 2 (2024) 1

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

Flood defences

6 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~254 m (natural high ground, engineered high ground, embankment). 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 EX7 0FY — all in the EX7 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 EX7 district.