Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Shoreline Academy is the nearest published school at 374 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
EX31 2PB
Bickington · North Devon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Barnstaple
- Ward
- Bickington
- Local authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon
- Postcode district
- EX31
- Postcode sector
- EX31 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- EX31 2PB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- EX
- Postcode district
- EX31
- Postcode sector
- EX31 2
- Latitude
- 51.065937
- Longitude
- -4.088760
- British National Grid easting
- 253,741
- British National Grid northing
- 131,699
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- North Devon · E07000043
- Electoral ward
- Bickington · E05012415
- Parish or community
- E04003090
- Westminster constituency
- North Devon · E14001387
- Output area
- E00101703
- Lower layer super output area
- North Devon 012B · E01020085
- Middle layer super output area
- North Devon 012 · E02004186
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 EX31
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hollybrook, Old Bideford Road, Bickington, Barnstaple, EX31 2PB | 20 November 2014 | £310,000 |
| Dolphin Leap, Old Bideford Road, Bickington, Barnstaple, EX31 2PB | 23 October 2014 | £305,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 2
- 374 m
The Shoreline Academy
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- 538 m
Roundswell Community Primary Academy
Free schools
- 906 m
Sticklepath Community Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 600
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 294
- Anti social behaviour 59
- Criminal damage and arson 55
- Shoplifting 43
- Public order 41
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 6
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- EX31 2 residents
- 6,375
3 female, 3 male
Age bands in EX31 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 33.5%
839 residents
545 residents
1,054 residents
1,783 residents
2,126 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX31 2 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+
- 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
- 100%
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
4
within 5 km
FREMINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
11-13 BEARDS ROAD, FREMINGTON, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 2PG
ODS code L83057
2.4 km
BRANNAM MEDICAL CENTRE
BRANNAMS SQUARE, LITCHDON STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8GP
ODS code L83073
2.6 km
QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTRE
6-7 QUEEN STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8HY
ODS code L83003
2.7 km
LITCHDON MEDICAL CENTRE
LANDKEY ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 9LL
ODS code L83035
3.3 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
- 0.0 miles
Willow Tree Court
BCT · Roundswell
- 0.1 miles
Willow Tree Court
BCT · Roundswell
- 0.1 miles
Meadow Brook
BCT · Roundswell
- 0.1 miles
Millennium House
BCT · Roundswell
- 0.1 miles
The Laurels
BCT · Roundswell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 012B, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
22,507 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 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
Recorded crime
600 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 294 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.