Does TQ2 flood?

Yes — parts of the TQ2 district carry real flood risk: 36 of its 73 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TQ2 postcode district covers Tormohun, Barton with Watcombe, Cockington with Chelston, Shiphay, close to Torquay, Kingskerswell, Combeinteignhead, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and Torbay.

73 postcodes in the TQ2 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 36 high, 28 medium, 6 low, 3 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 TQ2 postcodes are at risk?

TQ2 5DW up to High TQ2 5EH up to High TQ2 5EQ up to High TQ2 5ES up to High TQ2 5EZ up to High TQ2 5HA up to High TQ2 5JZ up to High TQ2 5LF up to High TQ2 6AP up to High TQ2 6AR up to High TQ2 6AU up to High TQ2 6AX up to High TQ2 6HJ up to High TQ2 6NX up to High TQ2 6QS up to High TQ2 6RG up to High TQ2 6XA up to High TQ2 7AH up to High TQ2 7JA up to High TQ2 7JF up to High TQ2 7JN up to High TQ2 8AD up to High TQ2 8BD up to High TQ2 8BJ up to High TQ2 8BL up to High TQ2 8BR up to High TQ2 8DB up to High TQ2 8DD up to High TQ2 8DU up to High TQ2 8EL up to High TQ2 8EN up to High TQ2 8HB up to High TQ2 8NL up to High TQ2 8SA up to High TQ2 8SB up to High TQ2 8SD up to High TQ2 5DJ up to Medium TQ2 5DN up to Medium TQ2 5EB up to Medium TQ2 5ED up to Medium TQ2 5EG up to Medium TQ2 5EL up to Medium TQ2 5EX up to Medium TQ2 5LA up to Medium TQ2 5NF up to Medium TQ2 5NN up to Medium TQ2 5NQ up to Medium TQ2 5PH up to Medium TQ2 5PL up to Medium TQ2 5PN up to Medium TQ2 5PR up to Medium TQ2 5PS up to Medium TQ2 5PU up to Medium TQ2 5PW up to Medium TQ2 5PY up to Medium TQ2 5QB up to Medium TQ2 5QG up to Medium TQ2 5QS up to Medium TQ2 5SP up to Medium TQ2 5SR up to Medium TQ2 6NZ up to Medium TQ2 6PA up to Medium TQ2 8DZ up to Medium TQ2 8EA up to Medium TQ2 5EE up to Low TQ2 5JG up to Low TQ2 8BG up to Low TQ2 8DT up to Low TQ2 8DX up to Low TQ2 8HF up to Low TQ2 6QJ up to Very low TQ2 6RE up to Very low TQ2 6RQ up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near TQ2

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

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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.