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EX32 7FA

Barnstaple Central · North Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Barnstaple Central
Local authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon
Postcode district
EX32
Postcode sector
EX32 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX32 7DN 45 m
EX32 7FE 48 m
EX32 7ET 59 m
EX32 7BX 78 m
EX32 7BN 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX32 7FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX32
Postcode sector
EX32 7
Latitude
51.081985
Longitude
-4.055559
British National Grid easting
256,117
British National Grid northing
133,418

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
North Devon · E07000043
Electoral ward
Barnstaple Central · E05012412
Parish or community
E04012969
Westminster constituency
North Devon · E14001387
Output area
E00101764
Lower layer super output area
North Devon 008B · E01020095
Middle layer super output area
North Devon 008 · E02004182

Postcode source versions

Explore EX32

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Yeo Valley Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    189 m

  2. Ashleigh CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    379 m

  3. Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple

    Academy converter

    500 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,860
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,141
  • Shoplifting 470
  • Anti social behaviour 306
  • Public order 227
  • Criminal damage and arson 207

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17
9 female, 8 male
Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.3
EX32 7 residents
6,965

Age bands in EX32 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%
1,363 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.1%
709 residents
Age 25 to 44
25.8%
1,815 residents
Age 45 to 64
26.3%
1,853 residents
Age 65 and over
18.5%
1,302 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX32 7 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    6-7 QUEEN STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8HY

    ODS code L83003

    234 m

  • BRANNAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRANNAMS SQUARE, LITCHDON STREET, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 8GP

    ODS code L83073

    493 m

  • LITCHDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDKEY ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, EX32 9LL

    ODS code L83035

    1.7 km

  • FREMINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code L83057

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Bear Street

    BCT · Barnstaple

    92 m

  • Bear Street

    BCT · Barnstaple

    108 m

  • Hills View

    BCT · Barnstaple

    216 m

  • Barclays Bank

    BCT · Barnstaple

    258 m

  • Queens Theatre

    BCT · Barnstaple

    260 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Devon 008B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,930 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 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
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

21 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Yeo Valley Primary School is the nearest published school at 189 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,860 published events cover 12 months, averaging 238 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,141 events.

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