EX8 2BL

Exmouth Littleham · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Exmouth
Local authority
East Devon
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 2BN 55 m
EX8 2BW 101 m
EX8 2GE 107 m
EX8 2BJ 116 m
EX8 2BS 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 2BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2
Latitude
50.616099
Longitude
-3.405306
British National Grid easting
300,675
British National Grid northing
80,543

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Parish or community
E04003003
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100785
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 020B · E01019913
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 020 · E02004148

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Fairfield Road, Exmouth, EX8 2BL 29 June 2021 £845,000
Garage 10, Fairfield Road, Exmouth, EX8 2BL 4 August 2020 £15,000
7, Fairfield Road, Exmouth, EX8 2BL 14 February 2020 £499,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Special post 16 institution

    79 m
  2. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Non-maintained special school

    98 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth

    Academy converter

    493 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,375
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 616
  • Anti social behaviour 167
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Shoplifting 95
  • Other theft 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.9
EX8 2 residents
8,902

Age bands in EX8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

1,040 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.9%

689 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.5%

1,433 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,255 residents

Age 65 and over
37.6%

3,264 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX8 2 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
62.5%

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    EXMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE, CLAREMONT GROVE, EXMOUTH, EX8 2JF

    ODS code L83056

    620 m

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    879 m

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    879 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Fairfield Road

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.0 miles
  • Fairfield Road

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Roswell Court

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Portland Avenue

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Roswell Court

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 020B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,387 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Royal Deaf Education Trust is the nearest published school at 79 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,375 published events cover 12 months, averaging 114.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 616 events.

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