EX8 2HS

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 2LB 32 m
EX8 2HT 45 m
EX8 2EH 85 m
EX8 2EL 160 m
EX8 2HD 183 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 2HS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2023
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2
Latitude
50.618788
Longitude
-3.394841
British National Grid easting
301,421
British National Grid northing
80,828

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
E00100784
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 020B · E01019913
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 020 · E02004148

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Gardens, 15, Jasmine Cottage 3, Cranford Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2HS 28 October 2009 £179,950
The Gardens, 15, The Coach House 4, Cranford Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2HS 24 August 2006 £148,000
The Gardens, 15, Honeysuckle Cottage 1, Cranford Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2HS 1 September 2005 £260,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth

    Academy converter

    679 m
  2. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Special post 16 institution

    862 m
  3. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Non-maintained special school

    885 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,585
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 717
  • Criminal damage and arson 188
  • Anti social behaviour 184
  • Public order 101
  • Shoplifting 100

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

14 female, 7 male

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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code L83056

    539 m

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    1.5 km

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    1.5 km

  • BUDLEIGH SALTERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BUDLEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, 1 THE LAWN, BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, EX9 6LS

    ODS code L83011

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Mereskye

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.0 miles
  • Mereskye

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Sarlsdown Road

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Merrion Avenue

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles
  • Elwyn Road

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.2 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Exmouth is the nearest published school at 679 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,585 published events cover 12 months, averaging 132.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 717 events.

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