EX31 4RT

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
EX31 4RX 249 m
EX31 4RY 251 m
EX31 4RH 319 m
EX31 4RN 368 m
EX31 4TA 430 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX31 4RT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX31
Postcode sector
EX31 4
Latitude
51.119759
Longitude
-3.945718
British National Grid easting
263,921
British National Grid northing
137,409

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
North Devon · E07000043
Parish or community
E04003074
Westminster constituency
North Devon · E14001387
Output area
E00101719
Lower layer super output area
North Devon 006A · E01020088
Middle layer super output area
North Devon 006 · E02004180

Postcode source versions

Explore EX31

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Barn, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RT 24 June 2021 £400,000
The Old Rectory, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RT 15 August 2006 £345,000
The Coppers, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RT 28 May 1999 £108,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Bratton Fleming Community Primary School

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    563 m
  2. Shirwell Community Primary School

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    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Other theft 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Theft from the person 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

18 female, 14 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.4% 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+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
72.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
72.2%
Gigabit-capable
72.2%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
38.9%

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

  • Lower Bratton Fleming

    BCT · Bratton Fleming

    0.2 miles
  • Lower Bratton Fleming

    BCT · Bratton Fleming

    0.2 miles
  • Threeways

    BCT · Bratton Fleming

    0.4 miles
  • Phone Box

    BCT · Bratton Fleming

    0.4 miles
  • Sentry Cross

    BCT · Bratton Fleming

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 006A, 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

12,223 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bratton Fleming Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 563 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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