EX12 3BL

Beer & Branscombe · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Seaton
Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX12
Postcode sector
EX12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX12 3BW 559 m
EX12 3BJ 626 m
EX12 3BN 746 m
EX10 0PF 829 m
EX10 0PG 897 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX12 3BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX12
Postcode sector
EX12 3
Latitude
50.701775
Longitude
-3.166052
British National Grid easting
317,751
British National Grid northing
89,776

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04002943
Westminster constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth · E14001291
Output area
E00100658
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 009A · E01019890
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 009 · E02004137

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lavenders, Branscombe, Seaton, EX12 3BL 28 September 2022 £1,125,000
Winters Tale Cottage, Branscombe, Seaton, EX12 3BL 19 August 2022 £468,000
Higher Bulstone Farm, Branscombe, Seaton, EX12 3BL 11 March 2021 £585,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Branscombe Church of England Primary School

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    2.2 km
  2. Sidbury Church of England Primary School

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    4.3 km
  3. Beer Church of England Primary School

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    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

28 female, 21 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.5
EX12 3 residents
1,754

Age bands in EX12 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

233 residents

Age 15 to 24
7%

125 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.4%

312 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

519 residents

Age 65 and over
33.7%

605 residents

This postcode contained 2.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX12 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
14.8%
Next Generation Access
29.6%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Higherlands Farm

    BCT · Street

    0.2 miles
  • Higherlands Farm

    BCT · Street

    0.3 miles
  • Coxe's Corner

    BCT · Street

    0.4 miles
  • Coxe's Corner

    BCT · Street

    0.4 miles
  • Weston Cross

    BCT · Trow

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 009A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,352 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £796,500 from 2 recorded sales in EX12 3BL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Devon is £345,757 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Branscombe Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

Published police records

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.