Does PL9 flood?

Yes — parts of the PL9 district carry real flood risk: 33 of its 55 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The PL9 postcode district covers Plymstock Radford, Wembury & Brixton, Plymstock Dunstone, close to Plympton, Devonport, Yealmpton, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and England.

55 postcodes in the PL9 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 33 high, 7 medium, 14 low, 1 very 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 PL9 postcodes are at risk?

PL9 0AB up to High PL9 0AD up to High PL9 0BX up to High PL9 0DZ up to High PL9 0FL up to High PL9 0HP up to High PL9 7BH up to High PL9 7EP up to High PL9 7ET up to High PL9 7EX up to High PL9 7EZ up to High PL9 7HB up to High PL9 7HG up to High PL9 7HH up to High PL9 7HJ up to High PL9 7JS up to High PL9 7JT up to High PL9 7NN up to High PL9 7NR up to High PL9 8AJ up to High PL9 8AL up to High PL9 8DT up to High PL9 9DF up to High PL9 9QZ up to High PL9 9RB up to High PL9 9RE up to High PL9 9RQ up to High PL9 9SJ up to High PL9 9SY up to High PL9 9SZ up to High PL9 9TD up to High PL9 9TF up to High PL9 9XH up to High PL9 0HF up to Medium PL9 7HD up to Medium PL9 7HP up to Medium PL9 7JQ up to Medium PL9 7NA up to Medium PL9 7NE up to Medium PL9 7NJ up to Medium PL9 7JD up to Low PL9 7LN up to Low PL9 7NB up to Low PL9 7NL up to Low PL9 8DE up to Low PL9 8JW up to Low PL9 9QS up to Low PL9 9QY up to Low PL9 9RA up to Low PL9 9RG up to Low PL9 9TA up to Low PL9 9TB up to Low PL9 9TE up to Low PL9 9XB up to Low PL9 7LW up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near PL9

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

250 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (71 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

PL10 PL8 PL11 PL7 PL12 PL6 PL13 PL5

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.