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EX8 2HL

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 2HJ 100 m
EX8 2HB 104 m
EX8 2HA 150 m
EX8 2FD 152 m
EX8 2HH 189 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 2HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2
Latitude
50.615264
Longitude
-3.394708
British National Grid easting
301,423
British National Grid northing
80,436

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
E00100798
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 020C · E01019914
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 020 · E02004148

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Orcombe Gardens, Exmouth, EX8 2HL 26 September 2025 £755,000
10, Orcombe Gardens, Exmouth, EX8 2HL 25 September 2025 £565,000
15, Orcombe Gardens, Exmouth, EX8 2HL 4 August 2025 £650,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Special post 16 institution

    789 m
  2. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Non-maintained special school

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

    Academy converter

    879 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,290
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 598
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Criminal damage and arson 146
  • Shoplifting 93
  • Public order 86

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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
0%

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

    811 m

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    1.6 km

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    1.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Cranford Avenue

    BCT · Exmouth

    184 m
  • Cranford Avenue

    BCT · Exmouth

    193 m
  • Devoncourt Hotel

    BCT · Exmouth

    292 m
  • Devoncourt Hotel

    BCT · Exmouth

    296 m
  • Mereskye

    BCT · Exmouth

    315 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 020C, 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

6,566 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 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 £710,000 from 21 recorded sales in EX8 2HL. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Royal Deaf Education Trust is the nearest published school at 789 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,290 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 598 events.

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