Does PL16 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL16 district carry real flood risk: 13 of its 22 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL16 postcode district covers Tamarside, Milton Ford, Broadheath, close to Lifton, Liftondown, Felldownhead, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and Cornwall.

22 postcodes in the PL16 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 13 high, 2 medium, 7 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 PL16 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near PL16

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

Tinhay on the River Thrushel — 0.8 km away, highest on record 2.53m
Hayne Bridge on the River Thrushel — 1.8 km away, highest on record 2.28m
Lifton Park on the River Lyd — 2 km away, highest on record 4.18m
Polson Bridge on the River Tamar — 5.3 km away, highest on record 5.35m

141 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (29 at warning level or above), most recently 17 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

CW9462 - Lifton (2016) — about 1.7 km from the centre
CW9471 - Tinhay (2016) — about 1.4 km from the centre
CW8644 - Lifton (2006) — about 1.7 km from the centre
CW8644 - Lifton, Tinhay (New Bridge) (2006) — about 1.3 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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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.