Does TQ8 flood?

Yes — parts of the TQ8 district carry real flood risk: 23 of its 28 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TQ8 postcode district covers Stokenham, close to Salcombe, Kingsbridge, Loddiswell, and surrounding villages in Devon.

28 postcodes in the TQ8 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 23 high, 3 medium, 2 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 TQ8 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near TQ8

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

Kingsbridge Duncombe Street on the Kingsbridge North Watercourse — 5.5 km away, highest on record 0.98m
Loddiswell on the River Avon — 8.7 km away, highest on record 3.06m
LODDISWELL — 8.8 km away
Ermington on the River Erme — 17.2 km away, highest on record 3.48m

80 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (22 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):

South Sands Winter 2014 Flood Outline (2014) — about 1.8 km from the centre
Northsands Tidal Flood Feb 2014 (2014) — about 1.2 km from the centre
Salcombe Tidal Flood 2004 (2004) — about 0.2 km from the centre
Batson Tidal Flood 2004 (2004) — about 0.8 km from the centre

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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.