Does Beer flood?

What the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk data says about Beer

Ordnance Survey places 33 postcodes in Beer in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset (Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea). Each postcode is counted once, under the worst band any of its properties reaches; together they hold 112 properties in the EA dataset's likelihood bands.

This dataset covers flooding from rivers and the sea only — one of five flood sources. Surface water, groundwater, sewers and reservoirs are assessed separately, so a postcode missing from it is not proof that a place cannot flood. The band describes the land around properties (allowing for defences), not any single address and not today's conditions.

Rivers and live river levels near Beer

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Beer watch South Devon Coast, River Coly, River Axe, River Sid.

• Seaton Tidal
  South Devon Coast · 2.6 km away 1.92 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 24 min ago
• Colyton Station Road
  River Coly · 5.3 km away 0.78 m
  normal range · falling · 24 min ago
• Bonehayne
  River Coly · 5.6 km away 0.33 m
  normal range · falling · 24 min ago
• Whitford Bridge
  River Axe · 6.8 km away 0.61 m
  normal range · rising · 24 min ago
• Sidbury
  River Sid · 9.1 km away 0.52 m
  normal range · falling · 1 h ago

Distances are from the middle of Beer's at-risk postcodes. Tidal and structure gauges are shown as readings only — the tide and sluice gates move them, not floods. A gauge with no recent reading shows no level.

Flood warning areas near Beer

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Beer. The EA has issued 131 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 4 Feb 2026.

• low-lying parts of Seaton, including The Esplanade and Harbour Road
  no warning on record since 2006 2.5 km
• Exposed coastal areas at Dawlish Warren, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Sidmouth, Branscombe, Seaton
  36 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 3.3 km
• Riverside locations and roads between Colyton and Colyford, including Chantry Bridge, Road Green, Cole's Mill, Colyvale Caravan Park, White Hart Inn, Bridge Cottages and the A3052 at Colyford
  17 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 5.1 km
• Low lying properties and roads in Colyton, including the Station Road area
  4 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Mar 2013 5.2 km
• Riverside properties and roads between Axminster and Axmouth, including Musbury, Whitford Bridge, the A3052 at Colyford and the A35 at Yarty Bridge
  59 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 6.1 km
• Low lying properties and roads in Kilmington, Whitford and Axmouth
  no warning on record since 2006 7.0 km
• Riverside locations and roads between Wilmington and Colyton, including Umborne, Lexhayne and the A35 at Wilmington
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 7.5 km
• riverside properties and roads in Sidbury and Sidford, including the A375 at Sidbury and the A3052 at Sidford
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 9.1 km
• low lying properties and roads including, Primley Gardens, Mill Street, Riverside Road, York Street, Ham Lane, East Street and Fore Street areas
  no warning on record since 2006 9.7 km

Recorded floods near Beer

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Beer, most recent first. Records, not floods: no outline on the record is not evidence a place has not flooded. See them on the map →

• 14 Feb 2014 — Seaton Tidal Flood Feb 2014 Sea
• 30 Oct 2008 — Axe4 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Axe3 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Axe1 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Axe2 Main river
• 30 Oct 2000 — Autumn 2000 Events - Colyford Ordinary watercourse
• 18 Dec 1992 — River Coly Main river
• 18 Dec 1992 — Axe Musbury to Whitford Main river
• 18 Dec 1992 — River Coly North of Colyford Main river
• 18 Dec 1992 — Colyford Main river
• 18 Dec 1992 — Colyford Common Ephemeral watercourse
• 18 Dec 1992 — Axe Marshes Main river

…and 10 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Beer

Beer gets about 945 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 111 mm; driest May, 55 mm). That is 19% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.9 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.7 km away), recorded 12.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 73.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Beer

Every postcode Ordnance Survey places in Beer that appears in the EA's rivers-and-sea dataset, worst band first. Each links to its own flood-risk page.

High likelihood (27)

Medium likelihood (1)

Low likelihood (5)

Postcode districts

Sources

FloodRadar summarises public flood data. It is not a flood-risk survey of any property, and it does not replace official GOV.UK flood warnings or the GOV.UK long-term flood risk service.