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Does PL6 5US flood?

Not in an at-risk area

PL6 5US 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 PL6 or get the full picture below.

The ground around PL6 5US

The ground here sits at about 119 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 11.5 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around PL65US, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 119 m above sea level and falls 49 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the north, 11.5 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of PL6 5US, 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 PL6 5US

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
PL6 5US
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because 244 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 PL6 5US. 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 PL6 5US

244
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2006
59
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-02-18)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Named storms that brought flooding here

2013-14 UK winter floods (2013, 18 warnings nearby) · Emma (2018, 6 warnings nearby) · Callum (2018, 5 warnings nearby) · Ashley (2024, 3 warnings nearby)

The rivers that matter for PL6 5US

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
CARNWOOD — 3.4 km — —
Carnwood River Plym 3.4 km 1.60 m 2.55 m
Plympton Long Brook 5.5 km 1.00 m 1.61 m
Newnham Park Tory Brook 6.3 km 1.16 m 1.45 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
Southway Drive Cso Southway Stream(s) 1.2 km 29 (2024) 67
Crownhill Road Cso Honicknowle Stream Via Sws 1.5 km 3 (2024) 2
Crownhill Road Cso Honicknowle Stream 1.5 km 0 (2024) 0
Whitleigh Wood Cso Tributary Of Tamerton Lake(s) 1.7 km 38 (2024) 170

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

PL6 5BN up to Low PL6 5ES up to Low PL6 6QB up to Low PL6 7AG up to High PL6 7AN up to Medium PL6 7AW up to High PL6 7BZ up to High PL6 7SA up to High PL6 8AR up to Low PL6 8AY up to Medium PL6 8ET up to Medium PL6 8LB up to Medium

At-risk postcodes near PL6 5US — all in the PL6 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 PL6 district.