EX16 8DY

Witheridge · North Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Witheridge
Local authority: North Devon
Constituency: North Devon
Postcode district: EX16
Postcode sector: EX16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX16 8DZ	524 m
EX16 8DX	656 m
EX16 8QW	1.4 km
EX16 8QU	1.5 km
EX16 8DN	1.6 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX16 8DY
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 1999
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX16
Postcode sector: EX16 8
Latitude: 50.932141
Longitude: -3.629519
British National Grid easting: 285,588
British National Grid northing: 116,009

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: North Devon · E07000043
Electoral ward: Witheridge · E05012436
Parish or community: E04003128
Westminster constituency: North Devon · E14001387
Output area: E00101979
Lower layer super output area: North Devon 014C · E01020138
Middle layer super output area: North Devon 014 · E02004188

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore EX16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Rackenford Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 3
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Other theft 2
Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
EX16 8 residents: 4,209

Age bands in EX16 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.1%
Age 15 to 24: 9.1%
Age 25 to 44: 16.5%
Age 45 to 64: 31.3%
Age 65 and over: 29%

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.

Nearby transport

Cricket Club

BCT · Nomansland
1.9 miles
Cricket Club

BCT · Nomansland
1.9 miles
Page's Cross

BCT · Cruwys Morchard
2.4 miles
Page's Cross

BCT · Cruwys Morchard
2.4 miles
Church

BCT · Cruwys Morchard
2.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 014C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,366 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 5 of 10
Education and skills: 5 of 10
Health and disability: 6 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Rackenford 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

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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