Does Exmouth flood?

Flood warnings in force near Exmouth

• Flood alert — South Devon Estuaries
  Flooding is possible 2 hours either side of high tide on Monday afternoon 5.5 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 Exmouth

Ordnance Survey places 187 postcodes in Exmouth 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 3,345 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 Exmouth

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Exmouth watch Withycombe Brook, South Devon Coast, Wotton Brook, Exe Estuary, Shutterton Brook, Knowle Stream, Dawlish Water, River Otter, Budleigh Brook, River Exe, Exminster Marshes.

• Exmouth Phear Park
  Withycombe Brook · 0.7 km away 0.07 m
  normal range · 23 min ago
• Exmouth Tidal
  South Devon Coast · 1.0 km away 0.63 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 23 min ago
• Lympstone Longbrook Lane
  Wotton Brook · 2.8 km away 0.14 m
  normal range · steady · 1 h ago
• Lympstone Tidal
  Exe Estuary · 3.2 km away 0.56 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 23 min ago
• Dawlish Warren Secmaton Lane
  Shutterton Brook · 4.5 km away 0.46 m
  normal range · falling · 1 h ago
• Budleigh Salterton Station Road
  Knowle Stream · 6.0 km away 0.10 m
  normal range · steady · 1 h ago
• Dawlish
  Dawlish Water · 6.2 km away 0.17 m
  normal range · 23 min ago
• Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge Tidal
  River Otter · 7.2 km away 0.79 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 23 min ago
• East Budleigh Brookfield Road
  Budleigh Brook · 7.3 km away 0.68 m
  normal range · 23 min ago
• Topsham Tidal
  River Exe · 7.4 km away 0.90 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 23 min ago
• Budleigh South Farm Road White Bridge Tidal
  River Otter · 7.5 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 12:00
• Swans Nest
  Exminster Marshes · 7.6 km away 0.00 m
  below normal · steady · 23 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Exmouth'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 Exmouth

9 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Exmouth. The EA has issued 88 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 26 Oct 2026.

• Low-lying parts of Exmouth, including the docks, Camperdown Terrace, Victoria Road, Marine Way, Exeter Road, the Strand, the Parade and the Esplanade areas
  no warning on record since 2006 0.2 km
• Exposed coastal areas of Sidmouth, Seaton, Dawlish Warren, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton
  23 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 1.1 km
• Low-lying parts of Starcross and Cockwood, including The Strand and Generals Lane at Starcross and Cockwood Harbour
  no warning on record since 2006 2.7 km
• Low-lying parts of Lympstone, including The Strand, Quay Lane and Chapel Lane
  no warning on record since 2006 3.1 km
• Low-lying areas and communities in the Erme, Avon, Kingsbridge, Dart, Teign and Exe Estuaries
  62 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Oct 2026 5.5 km
• Dawlish including Overbrook, Brook Street, Alexander Road, Brunswick Place, Brookdale Terrace, Piermont Place, and the riverside lawn area of Dawlish Town Centre
  2 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 6.1 km
• Low-lying parts of Dawlish Warren, Kenton, Eastdon, Exton and Powderham
  no warning on record since 2006 6.5 km
• Low-lying parts of Topsham, including Ferry Road and The Strand
  1 warning or alert since 2006, latest Nov 2018 7.2 km
• Low-lying parts of Exminster, including Exminster Marshes, Sannerville Way and Berrybrook Meadow
  no warning on record since 2006 7.8 km

Recorded floods near Exmouth

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

• 2 Mar 2018 — Dawlish Storm Emma 2018 Sea
• 14 Feb 2015 — Dawlish 2014 Sea
• 5 Feb 2014 — Lympstone Tidal Flood Feb 2014 Sea
• 4 Feb 2014 — Exmouth Tidal Flood Feb 2014 Sea
• 24 Nov 2012 — Dawlish Flood November 2012 Main river
• 7 Jul 2012 — Littleham Flood July 2012 Ordinary watercourse
• 27 Oct 2004 — Lympstone Tidal Flood 2004 Sea
• 30 Oct 2000 — Autumn 2000 Event - Exton Ordinary watercourse
• 16 Oct 1982 — Lympstone - Oct-82 Sea
• 9 Jan 1982 — Jan-82 Sea
• 1 Oct 1980 — River Exe: Starcross 1980 Main river
• 1 Dec 1979 — River Exe: Exminster Marshes and Exe Estuary Main river

…and 11 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Exmouth

Exmouth gets about 841 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month December, 95 mm; driest July, 48 mm). That is 28% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.7 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (2.4 km away), recorded 3.6 mm in the last 24 hours and 54.5 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 38 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Exmouth

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

High likelihood (124)

Medium likelihood (12)

Low likelihood (49)

Very low likelihood (2)

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.