EX8 4BJ

Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 4BH 61 m
EX8 4AD 68 m
EX8 2TS 90 m
EX8 4BQ 98 m
EX8 4SB 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 4BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 4
Latitude
50.627974
Longitude
-3.386997
British National Grid easting
301,995
British National Grid northing
81,839

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
E00100842
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 018A · E01019920
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 018 · E02004146

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Madagascar Close, Exmouth, EX8 4BJ 29 October 2025 £230,000
1, Madagascar Close, Exmouth, EX8 4BJ 16 June 2025 £189,000
7, Madagascar Close, Exmouth, EX8 4BJ 3 November 2022 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Marpool Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    530 m
  2. Bassetts Farm Primary School

    Foundation school

    674 m
  3. Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    877 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
934
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 464
  • Criminal damage and arson 112
  • Anti social behaviour 98
  • Other theft 62
  • Public order 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

16 female, 18 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.8
EX8 4 residents
9,365

Age bands in EX8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,559 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

860 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

2,034 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,717 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

2,627 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider EX8 4 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
44.4%

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

4

within 5 km

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code L83056

    1.3 km

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    2.3 km

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    2.3 km

  • BUDLEIGH SALTERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L83011

    4.2 km

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

  • Tesco Superstore

    BCT · Littleham

    0.1 miles
  • Heard Avenue

    BCT · Withycombe Raleigh

    0.1 miles
  • Drake's Avenue

    BCT · Littleham

    0.1 miles
  • Magnolia Avenue

    BCT · Littleham

    0.1 miles
  • Magnolia Avenue

    BCT · Littleham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 018A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,650 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £230,000 from 3 recorded sales in EX8 4BJ. 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. Marpool Primary School is the nearest published school at 530 m.

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

Recorded crime

934 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 464 events.

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