Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. West Croft School is the nearest published school at 757 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
EX39 2HH
Bideford North · Torridge · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bideford North
- Local authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock
- Postcode district
- EX39
- Postcode sector
- EX39 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- EX39 2HH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- EX
- Postcode district
- EX39
- Postcode sector
- EX39 2
- Latitude
- 51.017931
- Longitude
- -4.205532
- British National Grid easting
- 245,400
- British National Grid northing
- 126,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Torridge · E07000046
- Electoral ward
- Bideford North · E05011918
- Parish or community
- E04012901
- Westminster constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
- Output area
- E00102733
- Lower layer super output area
- Torridge 003A · E01020280
- Middle layer super output area
- Torridge 003 · E02004222
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 EX39
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
- 757 m
West Croft School
Community school
- 825 m
St Mary's CofE Primary School
Academy converter
- 972 m
Kingsley School Devon
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,517
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 649
- Anti social behaviour 208
- Shoplifting 146
- Criminal damage and arson 142
- Public order 102
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- EX39 2 residents
- 3,881
Age bands in EX39 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.5%
491 residents
335 residents
795 residents
1,051 residents
1,067 residents
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.
GP practices
3
within 5 km straight-line
WOODA SURGERY
CLARENCE WHARF, BARNSTAPLE STREET, BIDEFORD, EX39 4AU
ODS code L83106
335 m
BIDEFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
ABBOTSHAM ROAD, BIDEFORD, EX39 3AF
ODS code L83083
446 m
NORTHAM SURGERY
BAY VIEW ROAD, NORTHAM, BIDEFORD, EX39 1AZ
ODS code L83050
2.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
High Street
BCT · Bideford
- 0.1 miles
Bideford Quay
BCT · Bideford
- 0.1 miles
Bideford Quay
BCT · Bideford
- 0.1 miles
Bideford Ferry Landing
FTD · Bideford
- 0.1 miles
Bideford Ferry Landing
FER · Bideford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torridge 003A, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,450 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,517 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 649 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.