EX20 4NL

Okehampton North · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX20 4NB 837 m
EX20 3SW 852 m
EX20 4ND 978 m
EX20 1SN 1.3 km
EX20 4NA 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX20 4NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 4
Latitude
50.736941
Longitude
-4.059216
British National Grid easting
254,790
British National Grid northing
95,060

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
West Devon · E07000047
Parish or community
E04003343
Westminster constituency
Central Devon · E14001155
Output area
E00180144
Lower layer super output area
West Devon 001F · E01034643
Middle layer super output area
West Devon 001 · E02004229

Postcode source versions

Explore EX20

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Keepers Cottage, Southcott, Okehampton, EX20 4NL 14 October 2024 £125,000
Nethercott Farm, Southcott, Okehampton, EX20 4NL 14 October 2021 £1,020,000
2, Peacewater Cottages, Southcott, Okehampton, EX20 4NL 20 November 2018 £167,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit

    Academy converter

    3.8 km
  2. Okehampton College

    Academy converter

    4.2 km
  3. The Promise School

    Free schools special

    4.3 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
79

47 female, 32 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
4.4
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 2.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX20 4 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+
23.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
23.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
23.5%
Gigabit-capable
23.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
11.8%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
64.7%

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

1

within 5 km

  • OKEHAMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    EAST STREET, OKEHAMPTON, EX20 1AY

    ODS code L83087

    4.4 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Yelland

    BCT · Thorndon Cross

    0.4 miles
  • Yelland

    BCT · Thorndon Cross

    0.4 miles
  • Fowley Roundabout

    BCT · Meldon

    0.8 miles
  • Fowley Roundabout

    BCT · Meldon

    0.8 miles
  • Railway Cottages

    BCT · Thorndon Cross

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 001F, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,339 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 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

Property market

The five-year median is £572,500 from 2 recorded sales in EX20 4NL. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit is the nearest published school at 2.4 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.