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EX8 5YN

Woodbury & Lympstone · East Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Woodbury & Lympstone
Local authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
EX8 5BD 106 m
EX8 5SL 220 m
EX8 5SY 223 m
EX8 5SX 239 m
EX8 5SH 277 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
EX8 5YN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
EX
Postcode district
EX8
Postcode sector
EX8 5
Latitude
50.643362
Longitude
-3.404323
British National Grid easting
300,802
British National Grid northing
83,573

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
East Devon · E07000040
Electoral ward
Woodbury & Lympstone · E05011810
Parish or community
E04002971
Westminster constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East · E14001232
Output area
E00101057
Lower layer super output area
East Devon 014B · E01019964
Middle layer super output area
East Devon 014 · E02004142

Postcode source versions

Explore EX8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
13
Secondary
1

  1. Brixington Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    920 m

  2. St Peter's Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    1.1 km

  3. Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
429
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 215
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Other theft 32
  • Public order 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
EX8 5 residents
7,559

Age bands in EX8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,141 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

550 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,492 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,900 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,531 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • ROLLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code L83056

    2.5 km

  • HALDON HOUSE SURGERY

    37-41 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83136

    2.8 km

  • IMPERIAL SURGERY

    49 IMPERIAL ROAD, EXMOUTH, EX8 1DQ

    ODS code L83628

    2.8 km

  • WOODBURY SURGERY

    FULFORD WAY, WOODBURY, EXETER, EX5 1NZ

    ODS code L83116

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Summer Lane

    BCT · Hulham

    0.1 miles

  • Summer Lane

    BCT · Hulham

    0.1 miles

  • Tennyson Way

    BCT · Hulham

    0.2 miles

  • Mount Pleasant Avenue

    BCT · Hulham

    0.2 miles

  • Woodlands Drive

    BCT · Hulham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Devon 014B, 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

29,057 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Brixington Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 920 m.

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

Recorded crime

429 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 215 events.

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