Does TQ3 flood?

Yes — parts of the TQ3 district carry real flood risk: 30 of its 52 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TQ3 postcode district covers Preston, Clifton with Maidenway, Roundham with Hyde, Collaton St Mary, close to Torquay, Kingskerswell, Totnes, and surrounding villages in parts of Devon and Torbay.

52 postcodes in the TQ3 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 30 high, 8 medium, 9 low, 5 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 TQ3 postcodes are at risk?

TQ3 1LR up to High TQ3 1TA up to High TQ3 1TD up to High TQ3 2HN up to High TQ3 2HR up to High TQ3 2HS up to High TQ3 2HT up to High TQ3 2HY up to High TQ3 2HZ up to High TQ3 2JB up to High TQ3 2NS up to High TQ3 2NU up to High TQ3 2PN up to High TQ3 2QJ up to High TQ3 2QL up to High TQ3 2QN up to High TQ3 2QT up to High TQ3 2QY up to High TQ3 2RS up to High TQ3 2TH up to High TQ3 2TL up to High TQ3 2TN up to High TQ3 3DT up to High TQ3 3TS up to High TQ3 3TT up to High TQ3 3TX up to High TQ3 3TY up to High TQ3 3UW up to High TQ3 3YA up to High TQ3 3YE up to High TQ3 1QU up to Medium TQ3 1QX up to Medium TQ3 1QY up to Medium TQ3 2HW up to Medium TQ3 2QU up to Medium TQ3 2QZ up to Medium TQ3 2TP up to Medium TQ3 3YB up to Medium TQ3 1QS up to Low TQ3 1RB up to Low TQ3 2DT up to Low TQ3 2NT up to Low TQ3 2QS up to Low TQ3 2QX up to Low TQ3 2TJ up to Low TQ3 3EA up to Low TQ3 3UB up to Low TQ3 2BA up to Very low TQ3 2BE up to Very low TQ3 2NH up to Very low TQ3 2NJ up to Very low TQ3 2UA up to Very low

Rivers and flooding history near TQ3

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

30 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (30 at warning level or above), most recently 3 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

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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.