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Torpoint, Cornwall
Up to High likelihood
Properties in PL11 2EN 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 | Of which homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | greater than 3.3% | 4 | 4 |
| Medium | 1% – 3.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Low | 0.1% – 1% | 0 | 0 |
| Very low | below 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a high-likelihood area has at least a 57% chance of flooding at least once.
PL11 2EN gets about 1,074 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 125 mm; driest May, 65 mm). That is close to the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.5 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The ground here sits at about 4 m above sea level and falls 29 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-west, 4.8 m higher.
Because properties in the high likelihood band; 125 official warnings since 2006.
The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around PL11 2EN. 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.
Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.
None mapped within ~1 km of this postcode's centre.
No recorded outline near this postcode means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record. The full report tests every other flood source at the exact building.
2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 8 warnings nearby) · Emma (2018, 6 warnings nearby) · Callum (2018, 3 warnings nearby) · Ashley (2024, 3 warnings nearby)
| Gauge | River | Distance | Typical high | Highest on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plympton | Long Brook | 9.9 km | 1.00 m | 1.61 m |
| Pillaton | River Lynher | 10.5 km | 1.50 m | 2.44 m |
| Tideford | River Tiddy | 10.5 km | 0.50 m | 1.15 m |
| CARNWOOD | — | 10.7 km | — | — |
Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.
| Overflow | Discharges into | Distance | Spills | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapeldown Pumping Station | Plymouth Sound (estuarine) | 0.0 km | 40 (2024) | 82 |
| Rowing Club No2 Cso | River Tamar (estuarine) | 0.6 km | 38 (2024) | 67 |
| Rowing Club No1 Cso | River Tamar (estuarine) | 0.6 km | 16 (2024) | 2 |
| Macey Steps Cso | Hamoaze (estuarine) | 0.7 km | 61 (2024) | 129 |
Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.
1 mapped flood-defence asset within 500 m — nearest ~23 m (natural high ground). Defences reduce risk, never remove it.
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.
At-risk postcodes near PL11 2EN — all in the PL11 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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 PL11 district.