Does PL7 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL7 district carry real flood risk: 62 of its 101 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL7 postcode district covers Newton & Yealmpton, close to Plympton, Bickleigh, Yealmpton, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and England.

101 postcodes in the PL7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 62 high, 12 medium, 27 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 PL7 postcodes are at risk?

PL7 1AH up to High PL7 1FR up to High PL7 1GB up to High PL7 1HS up to High PL7 1LZ up to High PL7 1ND up to High PL7 1PJ up to High PL7 1PP up to High PL7 1QP up to High PL7 1QW up to High PL7 1RB up to High PL7 1RD up to High PL7 1RF up to High PL7 1SR up to High PL7 1TE up to High PL7 1TH up to High PL7 1TQ up to High PL7 1XH up to High PL7 1XQ up to High PL7 1YB up to High PL7 1YN up to High PL7 2AU up to High PL7 2BX up to High PL7 2BZ up to High PL7 2FP up to High PL7 2FY up to High PL7 2XT up to High PL7 2XX up to High PL7 2XY up to High PL7 2ZW up to High PL7 4AA up to High PL7 4AD up to High PL7 4AE up to High PL7 4AW up to High PL7 4AX up to High PL7 4AY up to High PL7 4DE up to High PL7 4DT up to High PL7 4EA up to High PL7 4EB up to High PL7 4ED up to High PL7 4EE up to High PL7 4FY up to High PL7 4HR up to High PL7 4HZ up to High PL7 4JA up to High PL7 4JG up to High PL7 4JP up to High PL7 4JW up to High PL7 4LU up to High PL7 4NW up to High PL7 4SR up to High PL7 5BL up to High PL7 5BN up to High PL7 5BS up to High PL7 5DZ up to High PL7 5ER up to High PL7 5FP up to High PL7 5JP up to High PL7 5JT up to High PL7 5LA up to High PL7 5LF up to High PL7 1HT up to Medium PL7 1HU up to Medium PL7 1NJ up to Medium PL7 1NU up to Medium PL7 1QS up to Medium PL7 1SS up to Medium PL7 4AN up to Medium PL7 4AU up to Medium PL7 4JN up to Medium PL7 4QJ up to Medium PL7 5BA up to Medium PL7 5HE up to Medium PL7 1AA up to Low PL7 1NE up to Low PL7 1NT up to Low PL7 1NX up to Low PL7 1PF up to Low PL7 1PQ up to Low PL7 1PY up to Low PL7 1RA up to Low PL7 1TA up to Low PL7 1WR up to Low PL7 2AX up to Low PL7 2DE up to Low PL7 2DR up to Low PL7 2XD up to Low PL7 2XF up to Low PL7 2YT up to Low PL7 4AG up to Low PL7 4AL up to Low PL7 4AP up to Low PL7 4AT up to Low PL7 4BZ up to Low PL7 4JL up to Low PL7 4JR up to Low PL7 4PE up to Low PL7 4QL up to Low PL7 5AT up to Low PL7 5BH up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near PL7

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

372 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (74 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

PL6 PL8 PL5 PL9 PL10 PL4 PL11 PL3

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.