Does TA20 flood?

Yes — parts of the TA20 district carry real flood risk: 25 of its 43 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TA20 postcode district covers Chard South, Chard North, Ilminster, Blackdown & Neroche, close to Forde Abbey, Winsham, Donyatt, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and Somerset.

43 postcodes in the TA20 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 25 high, 5 medium, 13 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 TA20 postcodes are at risk?

TA20 1RY up to High TA20 2BB up to High TA20 2DA up to High TA20 2GB up to High TA20 2NB up to High TA20 2NR up to High TA20 2QG up to High TA20 2SX up to High TA20 3AD up to High TA20 3AU up to High TA20 3AX up to High TA20 3AY up to High TA20 3BL up to High TA20 3EL up to High TA20 3EW up to High TA20 3QL up to High TA20 3RU up to High TA20 3RY up to High TA20 3SZ up to High TA20 4BZ up to High TA20 4EL up to High TA20 4JP up to High TA20 4QN up to High TA20 4QP up to High TA20 4QW up to High TA20 2ND up to Medium TA20 2NE up to Medium TA20 2NF up to Medium TA20 3PX up to Medium TA20 4LU up to Medium TA20 1HH up to Low TA20 2DF up to Low TA20 2DJ up to Low TA20 2LF up to Low TA20 3AG up to Low TA20 3AQ up to Low TA20 3NP up to Low TA20 3QP up to Low TA20 3RS up to Low TA20 4DE up to Low TA20 4EN up to Low TA20 4LB up to Low TA20 4QT up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near TA20

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

161 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (161 at warning level or above), most recently 27 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

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

Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded.

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

TA19 TA21 TA18 TA22 TA23 TA16 TA24 TA15

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.