EX31 4NU

Bratton Fleming · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX34 0PB 179 m
EX31 4NT 276 m
EX31 4NS 654 m
EX34 0PD 861 m
EX34 0PA 959 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX31 4NU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX31
Postcode sector
EX31 4
Latitude
51.183638
Longitude
-3.986913
British National Grid easting
261,230
British National Grid northing
144,589

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
North Devon · E07000043
Parish or community
E04003097
Westminster constituency
North Devon · E14001387
Output area
E00101922
Lower layer super output area
North Devon 006C · E01020127
Middle layer super output area
North Devon 006 · E02004180

Postcode source versions

Explore EX31

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Knoll House, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, EX31 4NU 18 October 2024 £985,000
Fair View, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, EX31 4NU 7 August 2018 £295,000
Montana, Kentisbury, Barnstaple, EX31 4NU 28 August 2009 £380,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Kentisbury Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Combe Martin Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Drugs 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1
  • Possession of weapons 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

11 female, 10 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.0
EX31 4 residents
7,324

Age bands in EX31 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,245 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

760 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

1,774 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

1,861 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,510 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX31 4 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Easterclose Cross

    BCT · Dean

    0.2 miles
  • Easterclose Cross

    BCT · Dean

    0.2 miles
  • Wildlife and Dinosaur Park

    BCT · Combe Martin

    0.8 miles
  • Wildlife and Dinosaur Park

    BCT · Combe Martin

    0.8 miles
  • Ford Cross

    BCT · Kentisbury Ford

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 006C, 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

13,368 of 33,755

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

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

Property market

The five-year median is £985,000 from 1 recorded sale in EX31 4NU. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kentisbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 1 events.

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