Does TQ14 8AR flood?

Teignmouth, Devon

Up to Very low likelihood

Properties in TQ14 8AR sit in the Environment Agency's Very low flood-likelihood band (worst property). The band is the worst found in the postcode — it describes the land around properties (defence-adjusted, rivers & sea), not any single address, and not today's conditions.

Likelihood bandAnnual chancePropertiesOf which homes
Highgreater than 3.3%00
Medium1% – 3.3%00
Low0.1% – 1%00
Very lowbelow 0.1%10

Over a 25-year mortgage, a property in a very low-likelihood area has less than a 3% chance of flooding at least once.

How much rain falls on TQ14 8AR

TQ14 8AR gets about 980 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 116 mm; driest July, 52 mm). That is 16% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.

A thirty-year average for the surrounding area, not a measurement at this address and not a flood risk on its own: a dry area floods when a storm sits over it, and a wet one may drain away perfectly well. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.6 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

The ground around TQ14 8AR

The ground here sits at about 3 m above sea level and falls 41 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-south-east, 3.7 m higher.

Shaded relief map of the ground around TQ148AR, computed from Environment Agency LiDAR. The ground here sits at about 3 m above sea level and falls 41 m across the surrounding 800 m. Surface water reaching this point runs off ground lying to the east-south-east, 3.7 m higher.
Shaded relief of the bare ground within about 400 m of TQ14 8AR, 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.

The watercourse nearest TQ14 8AR

The nearest watercourse on the river map is Brimley Brook, about 210 m from the centre of TQ14 8AR.

A gauge downstream shows water that has already passed this point; one upstream sees it first. Distances along the river are from the point on Brimley Brook nearest the centre of TQ14 8AR. From Ordnance Survey’s river map (OS Open Rivers), which leaves out small streams, ditches and culverts, so a nearer one may exist. This describes where water goes on the map; it says nothing about flooding at any address. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.

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Inside the full report for TQ14 8AR

FloodRadarProperty Flood-Risk Report
TQ14 8AR
Moderate flood risk — investigate further

Because properties in the very low likelihood band; 6 recorded flood outlines mapped nearby; 72 official warnings since 2006.

B Today — indicative grade (A best → E)
··· By the 2050s — EA climate scenario (in the full report)
⚑ Official warning within 10 km: Yes ⚑ Recorded flood outline within ~1 km: Yes ⚑ Flood defence mapped within 500 m: Yes ⚑ In flood zone 2 or 3: ···
Rivers & sea
Up to Very low
Surface water
···
Groundwater
Not assessed
Historic flooding
Recorded nearby
Warning history · flood map with building picker · 2050s view · insurance outlook · every dataset receipt — 19 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 Likelihood cells © Environment Agency (OGL v3) (ca20260618)

The map above shows the real EA rivers & sea likelihood cells around TQ14 8AR. 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 TQ14 8AR

72
flood alerts & warnings within 10 km since 2008
72
of them full flood warnings or severe warnings
2026
most recent warning nearby (2026-01-27)

Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood outlines near this postcode

DateMapped flood extentApprox. distance
Jan 2014 Wave Overtopping Winter 2014 ~0.2 km
Oct 2004 Teignmouth, October 2004 ~0.3 km
Jan 2001 EA113FEO01022 ~0.8 km
Jan 2001 Teignmouth Brimley Brook: 2001 ~0.3 km
Dec 1989 Teignmouth 17th Dec 1989 ~0.2 km
Jul 1968 Jul-68 ~0.1 km

These are extents the Environment Agency has mapped, not a list of every flood. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. The full report tests whether any extent covered the exact spot.

The rivers that matter for TQ14 8AR

GaugeRiverDistanceTypical highHighest on record
DAWLISH — 4.2 km — —
Dawlish Dawlish Water 4.2 km 0.68 m 1.32 m
Dawlish Warren Secmaton Lane Shutterton Brook 6.2 km 1.40 m 1.75 m
Kingskerswell Aller Brook 8.4 km 1.51 m 1.76 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
Station Car Park Cso Lyme Bay (via Surf Wtr Sewer) 0.5 km 15 (2025) 32
Park Hill Cso Surface Water Sewer (s) 0.6 km 2 (2025) 0
Gales Hill Pumping Station The Teign Estuary (e) 0.6 km 0 (2025) 0
Bitton Park Road Jct 2nd Avenue Cso Teign Estuary(e) 0.9 km 8 (2025) 22

Official annual EDM figures — a water-quality signal for local watercourses, not a property flood-risk factor.

Flood defences

45 mapped flood-defence assets within 500 m — nearest ~136 m (wall, engineered high ground, flood gate, demountable defence). 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.

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Flood risk at nearby postcodes

At-risk postcodes near TQ14 8AR — all in the TQ14 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. Place names: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Recorded Flood Outlines and warning history © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Storm-overflow figures: EA Event Duration Monitoring (England); live overflow status © the water companies, incl. Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Scottish Water. 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 TQ14 district.