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Does PL23 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL23 district carry real flood risk: 26 of its 30 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL23 postcode district covers Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos, close to Fowey, St Blazey, Tywardreath Highway, and surrounding villages in Cornwall.

30 postcodes in the PL23 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 26 high, 2 medium, 2 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 PL23 postcodes are at risk?

PL23 1AB up to High PL23 1AH up to High PL23 1AJ up to High PL23 1AL up to High PL23 1AP up to High PL23 1AQ up to High PL23 1AR up to High PL23 1AS up to High PL23 1AT up to High PL23 1AX up to High PL23 1DA up to High PL23 1DE up to High PL23 1DF up to High PL23 1FB up to High PL23 1JS up to High PL23 1LD up to High PL23 1LF up to High PL23 1LG up to High PL23 1LW up to High PL23 1NB up to High PL23 1NJ up to High PL23 1NL up to High PL23 1NQ up to High PL23 1PA up to High PL23 1PL up to High PL23 1QS up to High PL23 1AN up to Medium PL23 1BZ up to Medium PL23 1AZ up to Low PL23 1LA up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near PL23

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

275 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (84 at warning level or above), most recently 31 August 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

PL22 PL24 PL21 PL25 PL20 PL26 PL19 PL27

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.