EX31 1UG

Barnstaple Central · North Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Barnstaple
Local authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon
Postcode district
EX31
Postcode sector
EX31 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX31 1UL 13 m
EX31 1UJ 34 m
EX31 1BZ 35 m
EX31 1HJ 41 m
EX31 1UQ 47 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX31 1UG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX31
Postcode sector
EX31 1
Latitude
51.081915
Longitude
-4.060581
British National Grid easting
255,765
British National Grid northing
133,420

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
North Devon · E07000043
Parish or community
E04012969
Westminster constituency
North Devon · E14001387
Output area
E00101753
Lower layer super output area
North Devon 008A · E01020094
Middle layer super output area
North Devon 008 · E02004182

Postcode source versions

Explore EX31

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Green Lanes Shopping Centre, Barnstaple, EX31 1UG 12 November 2021 £8,200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
15
Secondary
2
  1. Yeo Valley Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    472 m
  2. Pilton Infants' Academy

    Academy converter

    560 m
  3. Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    638 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,751
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,068
  • Shoplifting 455
  • Anti social behaviour 301
  • Public order 217
  • Criminal damage and arson 204

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX31 1 residents
3,677

Age bands in EX31 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

536 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

388 residents

Age 25 to 44
24%

1,013 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

1,092 residents

Age 65 and over
28.2%

1,188 residents

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    6-7 QUEEN STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8HY

    ODS code L83003

    306 m

  • BRANNAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRANNAMS SQUARE, LITCHDON STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8GP

    ODS code L83073

    570 m

  • LITCHDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDKEY ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 9LL

    ODS code L83035

    1.9 km

  • FREMINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    11-13 BEARDS ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 2PG

    ODS code L83057

    4.5 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

  • Green Lanes

    BCT · Barnstaple

    0.1 miles
  • Green Lanes

    BCT · Barnstaple

    0.1 miles
  • Mermaid Cross

    BCT · Barnstaple

    0.1 miles
  • Queens Theatre

    BCT · Barnstaple

    0.1 miles
  • Barclays Bank

    BCT · Barnstaple

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 008A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,570 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
2 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
4
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 £8,200,000 from 1 recorded sale in EX31 1UG. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Devon is £281,532 in June 2026, down 0.2% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Yeo Valley Primary School is the nearest published school at 472 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,751 published events cover 12 months, averaging 229.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,068 events.

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