Does PL20 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL20 district carry real flood risk: 43 of its 68 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL20 postcode district covers Burrator, Buckland Monachorum, Bere Ferrers, Dartmoor, close to Horrabridge, Tavistock, Bickleigh, and surrounding villages in Devon.

68 postcodes in the PL20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 43 high, 12 medium, 13 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 PL20 postcodes are at risk?

PL20 6DE up to High PL20 6HB up to High PL20 6HN up to High PL20 6HP up to High PL20 6HQ up to High PL20 6JB up to High PL20 6JD up to High PL20 6JF up to High PL20 6JP up to High PL20 6JR up to High PL20 6JX up to High PL20 6JY up to High PL20 6LA up to High PL20 6PZ up to High PL20 6TJ up to High PL20 7HN up to High PL20 7JN up to High PL20 7LB up to High PL20 7LQ up to High PL20 7LR up to High PL20 7LY up to High PL20 7LZ up to High PL20 7NA up to High PL20 7NL up to High PL20 7NR up to High PL20 7NT up to High PL20 7QB up to High PL20 7QE up to High PL20 7QW up to High PL20 7RY up to High PL20 7RZ up to High PL20 7SG up to High PL20 7SN up to High PL20 7SP up to High PL20 7SS up to High PL20 7ST up to High PL20 7SZ up to High PL20 7TB up to High PL20 7TG up to High PL20 7TL up to High PL20 7TN up to High PL20 7TP up to High PL20 7TR up to High PL20 6LP up to Medium PL20 6PJ up to Medium PL20 6TH up to Medium PL20 7EY up to Medium PL20 7JZ up to Medium PL20 7NS up to Medium PL20 7QL up to Medium PL20 7QR up to Medium PL20 7QS up to Medium PL20 7SL up to Medium PL20 7TJ up to Medium PL20 7TW up to Medium PL20 6HD up to Low PL20 6HH up to Low PL20 6JA up to Low PL20 6PE up to Low PL20 6PH up to Low PL20 6SA up to Low PL20 7BS up to Low PL20 7EX up to Low PL20 7SA up to Low PL20 7SW up to Low PL20 7TS up to Low PL20 7TT up to Low PL20 7TZ up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near PL20

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

289 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (28 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

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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.