Does EX9 flood?

Yes — parts of the EX9 district carry real flood risk: 36 of its 59 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The EX9 postcode district covers Budleigh & Raleigh, close to East Budleigh, Colaton Raleigh, Exmouth Phear Park, and surrounding villages in Devon.

59 postcodes in the EX9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 36 high, 10 medium, 10 low, 3 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 EX9 postcodes are at risk?

EX9 6AP up to High EX9 6AR up to High EX9 6AW up to High EX9 6BB up to High EX9 6BG up to High EX9 6ER up to High EX9 6JD up to High EX9 6JL up to High EX9 6LQ up to High EX9 6LR up to High EX9 6LT up to High EX9 6LX up to High EX9 6LZ up to High EX9 6NA up to High EX9 6NG up to High EX9 6NH up to High EX9 6NJ up to High EX9 6NR up to High EX9 6PH up to High EX9 6QS up to High EX9 6RJ up to High EX9 7AB up to High EX9 7AD up to High EX9 7AF up to High EX9 7AH up to High EX9 7BS up to High EX9 7DJ up to High EX9 7DL up to High EX9 7DQ up to High EX9 7DR up to High EX9 7DS up to High EX9 7DT up to High EX9 7EH up to High EX9 7EL up to High EX9 7HG up to High EX9 7HQ up to High EX9 6AL up to Medium EX9 6AY up to Medium EX9 6LD up to Medium EX9 6LJ up to Medium EX9 6LW up to Medium EX9 6RH up to Medium EX9 7DU up to Medium EX9 7DY up to Medium EX9 7EQ up to Medium EX9 7HB up to Medium EX9 6LE up to Low EX9 6NB up to Low EX9 6NP up to Low EX9 7AZ up to Low EX9 7BB up to Low EX9 7BT up to Low EX9 7DA up to Low EX9 7DX up to Low EX9 7ED up to Low EX9 7HW up to Low EX9 7DD up to Very low EX9 7EY up to Very low EX9 7HU up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near EX9

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

31 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (31 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

EX10 EX8 EX11 EX7 EX12 EX6 EX13 EX5

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.