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Does PL32 9SW flood?

Not in an at-risk area

PL32 9SW 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 PL32 or get the full picture below.

The ground around PL32 9SW

The ground here sits at about 237 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 4.8 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around PL329SW, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 237 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the south-south-east, 4.8 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of PL32 9SW, computed from the Environment Agency's published LiDAR terrain survey. The ring marks the postcode centre, not a property. This shows the shape of the land, not a flood map — it does not include drains, culverts, walls or kerbs, and the official likelihood band above is the authoritative figure. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
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Inside the full report for PL32 9SW

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PL32 9SW
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 1 recorded flood nearby; 8 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: Yes ⚑ Flood defences within 500 m: No ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
···
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
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 PL32 9SW. 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 PL32 9SW

8
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
8
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2013
most recent warning nearby (2013-12-23)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded floods near this postcode

DateRecorded floodApprox. distance
Jun 1993 CW9049 - Otterham Station (SW) ~0.3 km

EA Recorded Flood Outlines — absence of a record never proves a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 1 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PL32 9SW

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
Trengune River Ottery 5.0 km 1.00 m 1.59 m
Boscastle County Bridge River Valency 5.9 km 1.00 m 1.06 m
BOSCASTLE COUNTY BRIDGE — 5.9 km — —
Boscastle New Mills River Valency 6.0 km 1.84 m 2.02 m

Live levels, predictions and rain-response behaviour are on each gauge's page and in the property report.

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

PL32 9PA up to Medium PL32 9PB up to Medium PL32 9PD up to High PL32 9PG up to Medium PL32 9QE up to High PL32 9QP up to Low PL32 9SZ up to High PL32 9TB up to Medium PL32 9TH up to Low PL32 9TL up to Low PL32 9TR up to High PL32 9UB up to Low

At-risk postcodes near PL32 9SW — all in the PL32 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 PL32 district.