EX20 2BG

South Tawton · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: North Tawton
Ward: South Tawton
Local authority: West Devon
Constituency: Central Devon
Postcode district: EX20
Postcode sector: EX20 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX20 2BQ	617 m
EX17 5BB	838 m
EX20 2BE	1.1 km
EX17 5BA	1.4 km
EX20 2SB	1.5 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX20 2BG
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX20
Postcode sector: EX20 2
Latitude: 50.773667
Longitude: -3.881221
British National Grid easting: 267,453
British National Grid northing: 98,809

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: West Devon · E07000047
Electoral ward: South Tawton · E05010563
Parish or community: E04003349
Westminster constituency: Central Devon · E14001155
Output area: E00103049
Lower layer super output area: West Devon 003D · E01020339
Middle layer super output area: West Devon 003 · E02004231

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

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Property

At this postcode

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1 recorded sale at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
South Hill Farm, North Tawton, EX20 2BG	31 October 2019	£690,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery

Academy converter
2.9 km
Spreyton School

Foundation school
3.3 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 2
Postcode households: 1
Residents per household: 2.0
EX20 2 residents: 4,920

Age bands in EX20 2

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.3%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 19.4%
Age 45 to 64: 30.9%
Age 65 and over: 26.9%

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX20 2 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: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 100%

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

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BCT · North Tawton
1.6 miles
Cottles View

BCT · North Tawton
1.6 miles
Strawberry Fields

BCT · North Tawton
1.7 miles
Strawberry Fields

BCT · North Tawton
1.8 miles
Clock Tower

BCT · North Tawton
1.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 003D, 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

12,872 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 10 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.

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

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

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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