Does Newton Poppleford flood?

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

Ordnance Survey places 25 postcodes in Newton Poppleford 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 234 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 Newton Poppleford

Environment Agency gauges within 10 km of Newton Poppleford watch River Otter, Wool Brook, Otterton Brook, River Sid, Budleigh Brook, River Tale, Knowle Stream, Ford Stream.

• Dotton
  River Otter · 1.3 km away 0.36 m
  normal range · rising · 36 min ago
• Sidmouth Higher Woolbrook Road
  Wool Brook · 3.2 km away 0.16 m
  normal range · falling · 1 h ago
• Otterton Fore Street Gibbonhole
  Otterton Brook · 4.4 km away 0.11 m
  normal range · 1 h ago
• Sidmouth
  River Sid · 4.8 km away 0.07 m
  normal range · 36 min ago
• East Budleigh Brookfield Road
  Budleigh Brook · 5.5 km away 0.68 m
  normal range · 36 min ago
• Sidbury
  River Sid · 5.9 km away 0.56 m
  normal range · just past its peak · 1 h ago
• Budleigh South Farm Road White Bridge Tidal
  River Otter · 6.7 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 12:00
• Budleigh South Farm Road West Bridge Tidal
  River Otter · 6.8 km away 0.80 mAOD
  rises and falls with the tide · 36 min ago
• Fairmile
  River Tale · 7.5 km away 0.42 m
  normal range · rising · 36 min ago
• Budleigh Salterton Station Road
  Knowle Stream · 8.0 km away 0.11 m
  normal range · steady · 1 h ago
• Rockbeare Bridge
  Ford Stream · 8.3 km away No recent reading
  last reported 26 Oct 2026 12:00
• Fenny Bridges
  River Otter · 9.4 km away 0.37 m
  normal range · rising · 36 min ago

Distances are from the middle of Newton Poppleford'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 Newton Poppleford

5 Environment Agency flood warning areas lie within 10 km of Newton Poppleford. The EA has issued 19 flood warnings and alerts for them since 2006, most recently on 27 Jan 2026.

• riverside properties and roads including Tipton St John, Harpford, Newton Poppleford including the A3052, Colaton Raleigh, Otterton and Budleigh Salterton
  8 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 1.2 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 4.8 km
• low-lying parts of Sidmouth, including The Esplanade, Fore Street, East Street and Ham Lane areas
  no warning on record since 2006 4.9 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 5.5 km
• low lying properties and roads in Ottery St. Mary, including the Finnimore Industrial Estate, Thorne Farm Way and Luxtons Park
  3 warnings and alerts since 2006, latest Jan 2026 5.7 km

Recorded floods near Newton Poppleford

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

• 7 Jul 2012 — Sidmouth Flood July 2012 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Venn Ottery2 Ordinary watercourse
• 30 Oct 2008 — Newton Poppleford4 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Otter Catchment14 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Newton Poppleford2 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Newton Poppleford3 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — NewtonPoppleford Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Otter Catchment16 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Venn Ottery3 Ordinary watercourse
• 30 Oct 2008 — Venn Ottery4 Ordinary watercourse
• 30 Oct 2008 — Newton Poppleford1 Main river
• 30 Oct 2008 — Venn Ottery1 Ordinary watercourse

…and 22 earlier recorded floods on the map.

Rainfall near Newton Poppleford

Newton Poppleford gets about 902 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month November, 102 mm; driest July, 52 mm). That is 22% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 2.4 km from the place centre.

The nearest rain gauge, Rainfall station (1.5 km away), recorded 8.8 mm in the last 24 hours and 73.1 mm in the last 7 days (latest reading 36 min ago).

At-risk postcodes in Newton Poppleford

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

High likelihood (11)

Medium likelihood (14)

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.