EX20 4BX

Bridestowe · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Okehampton
Local authority
West Devon
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX20 4BY 477 m
EX20 4DA 532 m
EX20 4BZ 664 m
EX20 4BU 949 m
EX20 4PZ 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX20 4BX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 4
Latitude
50.655303
Longitude
-4.219823
British National Grid easting
243,186
British National Grid northing
86,311

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
West Devon · E07000047
Parish or community
E04003334
Westminster constituency
Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area
E00102974
Lower layer super output area
West Devon 004B · E01020325
Middle layer super output area
West Devon 004 · E02004232

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Laurel Cottage, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4BX 1 August 2022 £341,500
Highfield Bungalow, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4BX 14 May 2021 £150,000
Sunnyside Bungalow, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4BX 31 July 2018 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School

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    2.5 km
  2. Lifton Community Academy

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    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

16 female, 18 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.6
EX20 4 residents
3,282

Age bands in EX20 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

400 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

291 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.8%

478 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.6%

1,087 residents

Age 65 and over
30.2%

978 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX20 4 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
85.7%
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

  • Stowford Lay-by

    BCT · Lewdown

    0.3 miles
  • Stowford Lay-by

    BCT · Lewdown

    0.3 miles
  • Portgate

    BCT · Dippertown

    0.9 miles
  • Portgate

    BCT · Dippertown

    0.9 miles
  • Memorial

    BCT · Lewdown

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 004B, 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

11,258 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 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.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £341,500 from 1 recorded sale in EX20 4BX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Devon is £286,145 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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