Does PL5 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL5 district carry real flood risk: 13 of its 24 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL5 postcode district covers St Budeaux, Honicknowle, Southway, Ham, close to Devonport, Bickleigh, Plympton, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and England.

24 postcodes in the PL5 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 13 high, 6 medium, 5 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 PL5 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near PL5

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

CARNWOOD — 6.6 km away
Carnwood on the River Plym — 6.6 km away, highest on record 2.55m
Plympton on the Long Brook — 8.3 km away, highest on record 1.61m
Ludbrook on the River Tavy — 9 km away, highest on record 3.48m

244 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (59 at warning level or above), most recently 18 February 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

CW9601 - Saltash (2019) — about 2.6 km from the centre
CW9584 - Plymouth (Devonport road) (2018) — about 3 km from the centre
CW9350 - Saltash (2014) — about 2.5 km from the centre
CW9335 - Saltash (2014) — about 2.6 km from the centre

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

PL4 PL6 PL3 PL7 PL2 PL8 PL1 PL9

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.