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Does PL31 2AZ flood?

Not in an at-risk area

PL31 2AZ has no properties in any Environment Agency recorded flood-risk band. That is good news — but it is area-level and never proof a place cannot flood (surface-water and sewer flooding are assessed separately). See the at-risk postcodes in PL31 or get the full picture below.

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Inside the full report for PL31 2AZ

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PL31 2AZ
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 165 official warnings since 2006.

A Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood nearby: No ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
None 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 PL31 2AZ. 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 PL31 2AZ

165
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2007
15
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-17)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 15 warnings nearby) · Bram (2025, 3 warnings nearby) · Chandra (2026, 2 warnings nearby) · Bert (2024, 2 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PL31 2AZ

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Bodmin St Petrocs Well Bodmin Town Leat 1.6 km 0.69 m 1.29 m
Bodmin Dunmere River Camel 4.2 km 2.40 m 2.65 m
RESTORMEL — 5.5 km — —
Wainsford River Fowey 7.0 km 1.80 m 2.58 m

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
Old Jail Combined Sewer Overflow Bodmin Town Leat 2.3 km 36 (2024) 25
Dragons Pit Combined Sewer Overflow Trib Of St Lawrence Stream 2.8 km 75 (2024) 86
Blowing House Lane Cso St Lawrence Stream 3.8 km 55 (2024) 65
Bodmin Nanstallon Wwtw River Camel/st Lawrence Str 4.4 km 92 (2024) 1,625

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

PL31 2AE up to High PL31 2BY up to High PL31 2BZ up to High PL31 2DH up to Low PL31 2DJ up to Very low PL31 2DL up to Medium PL31 2DN up to Low PL31 2DP up to High PL31 2DR up to Medium PL31 2DS up to Medium PL31 2HB up to Low PL31 2JE up to Medium

At-risk postcodes near PL31 2AZ — all in the PL31 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 PL31 district.