Does TQ1 flood?

Yes — parts of the TQ1 district carry real flood risk: 7 of its 48 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TQ1 postcode district covers Tormohun, St Marychurch, Wellswood, close to Torquay, Kingskerswell, Combeinteignhead, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and Torbay.

48 postcodes in the TQ1 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 7 high, 31 medium, 10 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 TQ1 postcodes are at risk?

TQ1 2BB up to High TQ1 2BG up to High TQ1 2HY up to High TQ1 2PN up to High TQ1 2RD up to High TQ1 3LX up to High TQ1 4SW up to High TQ1 1DE up to Medium TQ1 1ES up to Medium TQ1 1ET up to Medium TQ1 1EU up to Medium TQ1 2HX up to Medium TQ1 3AA up to Medium TQ1 3AE up to Medium TQ1 3AF up to Medium TQ1 3AW up to Medium TQ1 3BZ up to Medium TQ1 3DA up to Medium TQ1 3DE up to Medium TQ1 3DR up to Medium TQ1 3DT up to Medium TQ1 3DW up to Medium TQ1 3NZ up to Medium TQ1 3UT up to Medium TQ1 4AE up to Medium TQ1 4AF up to Medium TQ1 4AG up to Medium TQ1 4AH up to Medium TQ1 4AJ up to Medium TQ1 4AZ up to Medium TQ1 4BA up to Medium TQ1 4BB up to Medium TQ1 4BD up to Medium TQ1 4BU up to Medium TQ1 4BX up to Medium TQ1 4PE up to Medium TQ1 4RW up to Medium TQ1 4YY up to Medium TQ1 2AA up to Low TQ1 4AR up to Low TQ1 4AU up to Low TQ1 4AX up to Low TQ1 4EX up to Low TQ1 4GH up to Low TQ1 4GJ up to Low TQ1 4HB up to Low TQ1 4RX up to Low TQ1 4RY up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near TQ1

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

11 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (11 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):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

TQ2 TQ3 TQ4 TQ5 TQ6 TQ7 TQ8 TQ9

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.