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EX8 2SR

Exmouth Town · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Exmouth Town
Local authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 2SJ 42 m
EX8 2SU 45 m
EX8 2SS 47 m
EX8 1NN 52 m
EX8 1NS 58 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 2SR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 2
Latitude
50.617806
Longitude
-3.412948
British National Grid easting
300,138
British National Grid northing
80,743

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Electoral ward
Exmouth Town · E05011794
Parish or community
E04003003
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00100805
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 019A · E01019916
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 019 · E02004147

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
1

  1. The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1 m

  2. Exeter Road Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    515 m

  3. Royal Deaf Education Trust

    Non-maintained special school

    551 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,345
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 594
  • Anti social behaviour 166
  • Criminal damage and arson 144
  • Shoplifting 97
  • Public order 83

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
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    322 m

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    322 m

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code L83056

    890 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Holy Trinity Church

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles

  • Holy Trinity Church

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles

  • Savoy Cinema

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.1 miles

  • Strand

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.2 miles

  • Imperial Hotel

    BCT · Exmouth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 019A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,094 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Beacon Church of England (VA) Primary School is the nearest published school at 1 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,345 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 594 events.

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