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EX8 2DL

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 2DF 65 m
EX8 2DE 105 m
EX8 2DD 127 m
EX8 2DB 245 m
EX8 2DG 245 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 2DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2
Latitude
50.612312
Longitude
-3.394154
British National Grid easting
301,456
British National Grid northing
80,107

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
E00100790
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 020B · E01019913
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 020 · E02004148

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fennygates, 9, Apartment 12, Foxholes Hill, Exmouth, EX8 2DL 22 August 2022 £558,000
Fennygates, 9, Apartment 11, Foxholes Hill, Exmouth, EX8 2DL 20 September 2019 £280,000
Fennygates, 9, Apartment 4, Foxholes Hill, Exmouth, EX8 2DL 9 August 2019 £305,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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

    Special post 16 institution

    900 m
  2. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Non-maintained special school

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

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
732
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 308
  • Anti social behaviour 89
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Shoplifting 73
  • Public order 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14
7 female, 7 male
Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.0
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
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code L83056

    1.1 km

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    1.8 km

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    1.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Devoncourt Hotel

    BCT · Exmouth

    436 m
  • Devoncourt Hotel

    BCT · Exmouth

    439 m
  • Cranford Avenue

    BCT · Exmouth

    500 m
  • Cranford Avenue

    BCT · Exmouth

    506 m
  • Okewood Court

    BCT · Exmouth

    593 m

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

Property market

The five-year median is £558,000 from 1 recorded sale in EX8 2DL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Devon is £345,757 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Royal Deaf Education Trust is the nearest published school at 900 m.

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

Recorded crime

732 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 308 events.

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