EX16 6BS

Tiverton Castle · Mid Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Mid Devon
Postcode district
EX16
Postcode sector
EX16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX16 6EU 48 m
EX16 6AS 59 m
EX16 6AD 76 m
EX16 6GW 76 m
EX16 6AR 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX16 6BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX16
Postcode sector
EX16 6
Latitude
50.908082
Longitude
-3.483296
British National Grid easting
295,809
British National Grid northing
113,117

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Mid Devon · E07000042
Parish or community
E04003055
Westminster constituency
Tiverton and Minehead · E14001548
Output area
E00101493
Lower layer super output area
Mid Devon 002A · E01020047
Middle layer super output area
Mid Devon 002 · E02004165

Postcode source versions

Explore EX16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Castle Primary School

    Foundation school

    252 m
  2. Two Moors Primary School

    Foundation school

    443 m
  3. Tiverton High School

    Academy sponsor led

    767 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,767
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 775
  • Criminal damage and arson 237
  • Anti social behaviour 226
  • Other theft 119
  • Shoplifting 110

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

2 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
EX16 6 residents
9,824

Age bands in EX16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,645 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,095 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

2,515 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,560 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

1,957 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX16 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

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
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • AMICUS HEALTH

    CLARE HOUSE SURGERY, NEWPORT STREET, TIVERTON, EX16 6NJ

    ODS code L83085

    470 m

  • CASTLE PLACE PRACTICE

    KENNEDY WAY, TIVERTON, EX16 6NP

    ODS code L83052

    680 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Belmont Road

    BCT · Tiverton

    0.1 miles
  • Park Road

    BCT · Tiverton

    0.1 miles
  • Longmeadow

    BCT · Cowleymoor

    0.2 miles
  • Allotments

    BCT · Tiverton

    0.2 miles
  • Allotments

    BCT · Tiverton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Devon 002A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,739 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Castle Primary School is the nearest published school at 252 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,767 published events cover 12 months, averaging 147.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 775 events.

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