Does PL28 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL28 district carry real flood risk: 17 of its 26 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL28 postcode district covers Padstow, close to Wadebridge, Port Isaac, Sladesbridge, and surrounding villages in Cornwall.

26 postcodes in the PL28 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 17 high, 2 medium, 1 low, 6 very 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 PL28 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near PL28

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

Port Isaac on the Coastal Stream — 10.5 km away, highest on record 1.31m
Sladesbridge on the River Camel — 11.1 km away, highest on record 1.66m
Penvose on the River Allen — 14.9 km away, highest on record 1.22m
Bodmin Dunmere on the River Camel — 15.7 km away, highest on record 2.65m

139 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (41 at warning level or above), most recently 2 April 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Little Petherick (2024) — about 3 km from the centre
CW9606 - St Merryn (2019) — about 1.8 km from the centre
CW8717 - Trevone (2008) — about 1.8 km from the centre
CW8728 - Padstow (2008) — about 1.5 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

PL27 PL29 PL26 PL30 PL25 PL31 PL24 PL32

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.