Does Looe flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 58 postcodes in Looe 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 678 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 Looe

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Looe watch River Pol, River Seaton.

• Polperro
  River Pol · 5.3 km away 0.08 m
  normal range · steady · 24 min ago
• Trebrownbridge
  River Seaton · 7.5 km away 0.12 m
  normal range · 24 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Looe'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 Looe

5 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Looe. The EA has issued 164 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 31 Aug 2026.

• Gribbin Head to Rame Head including Fowey, Golant, Lostwithiel, Lerryn, Polruan, Polperro, Looe and the Looe Rivers and Seaton
  83 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2026 2.0 km
• Gribbin Head to Rame Head including Fowey, Golant, Lostwithiel, Lerryn, Polruan, Polperro, Looe and the Looe Rivers and Seaton
  29 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Feb 2026 2.0 km
• River Pol and Langreek Stream at Polperro including Crumplehorn, The Coombe, Lansallos Street, Mill Hill, Langreek Road and the Main Car Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Aug 2025 5.3 km
• River Seaton from the A38 to Seaton including Hessenford, properties along Fore Street in Hessenford, Jopes Mill, the A387 and the A38
  6 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Dec 2025 7.6 km
• Liskeard, Polperro, Jopes Mill and Hessenford
  43 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 9.8 km

Recorded floods near Looe

Floods whose mapped extent (EA Recorded Flood Outlines) reached within ~5 km of Looe, most recent first. Absence of a record does not mean a place has never flooded. See them on the map →

• 9 Sep 2025 — Looe Sea
• 3 Sep 2025 — Looe Drainage
• 28 Aug 2025 — Polperro Main river
• 28 Aug 2025 — Looe Drainage
• 8 Apr 2024 — Looe Sea
• 29 Oct 2023 — Looe Sea
• 28 Oct 2023 — Looe Sea
• 1 Sep 2023 — Looe Sea
• 23 Mar 2023 — Looe Sea
• 16 Dec 2020 — CW9661 - Millendreath Sea
• 16 Dec 2020 — CW9659 - Looe Sea
• 20 Aug 2020 — CW9639 - Looe Sea

…and 52 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Looe

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (7.9 km away), recorded 1.3 mm in the last 24 hours and 29.4 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 24 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Looe

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

High likelihood (52)

Medium likelihood (3)

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.