Does PL14 3SH flood?

Up to Low likelihood

Properties in PL14 3SH 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%10
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.

How much rain falls on PL14 3SH

PL14 3SH gets about 1,268 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 153 mm; driest April, 75 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), 1.8 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 around PL14 3SH

The ground here sits at about 75 m above sea level and falls 83 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-east, 75.2 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around PL143SH, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 75 m above sea level and falls 83 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north-east, 75.2 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of PL14 3SH, 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 PL14 3SH

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PL14 3SH
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the low likelihood band; 206 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 outline within ~1 km: None mapped ⚑ Flood defence mapped within 500 m: None mapped ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Low
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None mapped 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 PL14 3SH. 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 PL14 3SH

206
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
42
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-01-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood outlines near this postcode

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.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 26 warnings nearby) · Herminia (2025, 4 warnings nearby) · Bram (2025, 3 warnings nearby) · Henk (2024, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PL14 3SH

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Pillaton River Lynher 4.9 km 1.50 m 2.44 m
Tideford River Tiddy 5.1 km 0.50 m 1.15 m
Trebrownbridge River Seaton 5.2 km 0.70 m 1.11 m
TREBROWNBRIDGE 5.2 km

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
Quethiock Wwtw Tributary Of The River Tiddy 1.0 km 7 (2024) 10
Blunts Stw Blunts Stream (s)(lyhner Trib) 2.6 km 15 (2024) 19
Pillaton Wastewater Treatmemt Works River Lynher 3.8 km 12 (2024) 94
Scawns Hill Cso Tributary Of The River Seaton 3.9 km 0 (2024) 0

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

At-risk postcodes near PL14 3SH — all in the PL14 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 PL14 district.