EX21 5FD

Bridestowe · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Bridestowe
Local authority: West Devon
Constituency: Torridge and Tavistock
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
EX21 5AF	371 m
EX21 5AG	664 m
EX21 5BT	749 m
EX21 5AH	810 m
EX21 5BR	883 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: EX21 5FD
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 March 2026
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: EX
Postcode district: EX21
Postcode sector: EX21 5
Latitude: 50.739021
Longitude: -4.209393
British National Grid easting: 244,201
British National Grid northing: 95,597

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: West Devon · E07000047
Electoral ward: Bridestowe · E05010551
Parish or community: E04003320
Westminster constituency: Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area: E00102913
Lower layer super output area: West Devon 004A · E01020314
Middle layer super output area: West Devon 004 · E02004232

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

Explore EX21

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
4.2 km

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%

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.

Nearby transport

Cross

BCT · Eworthy
0.5 miles
Cross

BCT · Eworthy
0.5 miles
War Memorial

BCT · Germansweek
0.9 miles
War Memorial

BCT · Germansweek
0.9 miles
Brockscombe Cross

BCT · Brockscombe
1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 004A, 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

12,854 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 8 of 10
Crime: 9 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

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Halwill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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