EX21 5FA

Broadheath · Torridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Beaworthy
Ward: Broadheath
Local authority: Torridge
Constituency: Torridge and Tavistock
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX21 5TG	87 m
EX21 5XR	110 m
EX21 5XY	149 m
EX21 5XN	208 m
EX21 5XX	211 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX21 5FA
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 July 2024
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5
Latitude: 50.779784
Longitude: -4.206930
British National Grid easting: 244,510
British National Grid northing: 100,124

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Torridge · E07000046
Electoral ward: Broadheath · E05011921
Parish or community: E04003264
Westminster constituency: Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area: E00102783
Lower layer super output area: Torridge 009C · E01020290
Middle layer super output area: Torridge 009 · E02004228

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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14 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
4, Medley Close, Halwill Junction, Beaworthy, EX21 5FA	29 August 2025	£275,000
10, Medley Close, Halwill Junction, Beaworthy, EX21 5FA	27 August 2025	£474,950
24, Medley Close, Halwill Junction, Beaworthy, EX21 5FA	1 July 2025	£294,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Halwill Community Primary School

Community school
360 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 25
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 14
Anti social behaviour 3
Burglary 2
Public order 2
Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
EX21 5 residents: 4,649

Age bands in EX21 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.6%
Age 15 to 24: 8.5%
Age 25 to 44: 15.7%
Age 45 to 64: 31.9%
Age 65 and over: 31.3%

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+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 100%
Gigabit-capable: 100%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 12%

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

Station Fields

BCT · Halwill Junction
0.1 miles
Station Fields

BCT · Halwill Junction
0.1 miles
Station Road

BCT · Halwill Junction
0.2 miles
Station Road

BCT · Halwill Junction
0.2 miles
Halwill Meadow

BCT · Halwill Junction
0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torridge 009C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,992 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 5 of 10
Education and skills: 4 of 10
Health and disability: 7 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.

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 £299,950 from 14 recorded sales in EX21 5FA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Torridge is £260,783 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Halwill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 360 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

25 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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