EX31 3LN

Two Rivers & Three Moors · Torridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Barnstaple
Local authority
Torridge
Postcode district
EX31
Postcode sector
EX31 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX31 3LP 115 m
EX31 3LW 133 m
EX31 3LB 136 m
EX31 3HP 161 m
EX31 3LR 534 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX31 3LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX31
Postcode sector
EX31 3
Latitude
50.993979
Longitude
-4.052750
British National Grid easting
256,041
British National Grid northing
123,627

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Torridge · E07000046
Parish or community
E04003302
Westminster constituency
Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area
E00102880
Lower layer super output area
Torridge 007C · E01020308
Middle layer super output area
Torridge 007 · E02004226

Postcode source versions

Explore EX31

33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lyndale, Yarnscombe, Barnstaple, EX31 3LN 25 November 2025 £385,000
Green Acre, Yarnscombe, Barnstaple, EX31 3LN 20 December 2023 £480,000
The Old Chapel, Yarnscombe, Barnstaple, EX31 3LN 7 June 2023 £675,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

25 female, 24 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.5
EX31 3 residents
11,035

Age bands in EX31 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,976 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

955 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,664 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

2,936 residents

Age 65 and over
25.2%

2,878 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX31 3 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+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.2%
Gigabit-capable
95.2%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
95.2%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
90.5%

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

  • Phone Box

    BCT · Yarnscombe

    0.0 miles
  • Phone Box

    BCT · Yarnscombe

    0.1 miles
  • North Devon Showground

    BCT · Umberleigh

    1.9 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Atherington

    1.9 miles
  • Langham Bridge

    BCT · Chapelton

    1.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torridge 007C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,453 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
2
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 £480,000 from 3 recorded sales in EX31 3LN. 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

0 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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