Does Bude flood?

Flood warnings in force near Bude

• Flood alert — North Cornwall coast from The Rumps to Hartland Point
  Flooding is possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Tuesday morning 0.5 km

From the Environment Agency (England). Always check the GOV.UK Check for Flooding service or call Floodline on 0345 988 1188.

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

Ordnance Survey places 52 postcodes in Bude 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 552 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 Bude

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Bude watch River Neet, River Strat, River Tamar.

• Helebridge
  River Neet · 2.7 km away 0.18 m
  normal range · 24 min ago
• Bush
  River Strat · 3.0 km away 0.40 m
  normal range · 24 min ago
• Woolstone Mill Structure
  River Neet · 5.0 km away 0.36 m
  controlled by a sluice or weir · 24 min ago
• Bridge Rule
  River Tamar · 7.4 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 15:45
• Tamarstone Bridge
  River Tamar · 7.4 km away 1.78 m
  normal range · rising · 39 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Bude'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 Bude

7 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Bude. The EA has issued 144 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• River Neet at Bude including Pethericks Mill, The Crescent, Main Car Park, Parkhouse Centre, The Strand, The Castle and Vicarage Road
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2023 0.5 km
• The Rumps to Hartland Point including Port Quinn, Port Isaac, Port Gaverne, Bude, Crooklets and Boscastle
  20 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Apr 2024 0.5 km
• The Rumps to Hartland Point including Port Quinn, Port Isaac, Port Gaverne, Bude, Crooklets and Boscastle
  101 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 0.5 km
• River Strat at Stratton including Stratside Arts Centre, Howells Bridge Car Park and Playground, Bridge Street and The Leat
  no warning on record since 2006 2.1 km
• River Strat from Bush to Pinch Bridge including Willow Valley Caravan Site, the A3072 and Bush
  9 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest May 2023 2.6 km
• Rivers Strat and Neet at Helebridge including the A3072 and Hele Road
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2025 2.7 km
• River Neet from Woolstone Mill to Rodds Bridge including Rodds Bridge Farm and the A39
  7 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2012 3.4 km

Recorded floods near Bude

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

• 9 Apr 2024 — Bude Sea
• 30 Sep 2023 — Bude Sea
• 9 May 2023 — Bush, Bude Main river
• 23 Mar 2023 — Bude
• 13 Feb 2020 — CW9622 - Bude Main river
• 7 Dec 2018 — Bencoolan Bridge, Bude Main river
• 7 Dec 2018 — CW9577 - Helebridge Main river
• 7 Dec 2018 — CW9592 - Whalesbrough Main river
• 3 Jan 2018 — CW9549 - Bude Sea
• 9 Oct 2014 — CW9403 - Bude Sea
• 8 Oct 2014 — CW9398 - Bude Sea
• 12 Feb 2014 — CW9386 - Bude Sea

…and 28 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Bude

Bude gets about 1,057 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 120 mm; driest May, 61 mm). That is close to 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 (6.6 km away), recorded 15.9 mm in the last 24 hours and 97.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Bude

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

High likelihood (25)

Medium likelihood (3)

Low likelihood (21)

Very low likelihood (3)

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.