Does TR7 flood?

Yes — parts of the TR7 district carry real flood risk: 13 of its 22 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The TR7 postcode district covers Newquay Central & Pentire, Newquay Porth & Tretherras, Newquay Trenance, St Columb Minor & Colan, close to Gwills, Bolingey, Perranporth, and surrounding villages in Cornwall.

22 postcodes in the TR7 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 13 high, 6 medium, 3 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 TR7 postcodes are at risk?

Rivers and flooding history near TR7

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

Gwills on the River Gannel — 2.7 km away, highest on record 1.59m
GWILLS — 2.7 km away
GWILLS — 2.7 km away
Bolingey Cocks Bridge on the Bolingey Stream — 10.2 km away, highest on record 1.53m

125 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (26 at warning level or above), most recently 26 January 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

Newquay (2022) — about 0.8 km from the centre
Newquay (2022) — about 0.7 km from the centre
CW9476 - Newquay (2016) — about 0.9 km from the centre
CW9499 - Newquay (2016) — about 0.5 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.