EX20 4PU

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 4AN 183 m
EX20 4PT 648 m
EX20 4PY 675 m
EX20 4PX 710 m
PL16 0AX 774 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX20 4PU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX20
Postcode sector
EX20 4
Latitude
50.644536
Longitude
-4.232131
British National Grid easting
242,280
British National Grid northing
85,140

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

Explore EX20

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Allerford Cottages, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4PU 14 December 2023 £432,000
Allerford Lake House, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4PU 22 September 2016 £360,000
Thrushall Farmhouse, Lewdown, Okehampton, EX20 4PU 8 April 2016 £340,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Lifton Community Academy

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    3.4 km
  2. Lew Trenchard Church of England Primary School

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    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

10 female, 13 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.7% 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+
77.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
77.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
77.8%
Gigabit-capable
77.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
22.2%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Portgate

    BCT · Dippertown

    0.5 miles
  • Portgate

    BCT · Dippertown

    0.5 miles
  • Sprytown Cross

    BCT · Lifton

    0.8 miles
  • Sprytown Cross

    BCT · Lifton

    0.8 miles
  • Stowford Lay-by

    BCT · Lewdown

    1.1 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
3
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 £432,000 from 1 recorded sale in EX20 4PU. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Lifton Community Academy is the nearest published school at 2.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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