PL16 0EU

Broadheath · Torridge · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lifton
Local authority
Torridge
Postcode district
PL16
Postcode sector
PL16 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL16 0EX 578 m
EX21 5HD 1.4 km
PL16 0JT 1.5 km
EX21 5EB 1.6 km
EX21 5DX 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL16 0EU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL16
Postcode sector
PL16 0
Latitude
50.716362
Longitude
-4.255546
British National Grid easting
240,868
British National Grid northing
93,176

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Torridge · E07000046
Parish or community
E04003252
Westminster constituency
Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area
E00102757
Lower layer super output area
Torridge 009A · E01020286
Middle layer super output area
Torridge 009 · E02004228

Postcode source versions

Explore PL16

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
West Pinna, Broadwoodwidger, Lifton, PL16 0EU 25 July 2025 £285,000
1, West Week Cottages, Broadwoodwidger, Lifton, PL16 0EU 4 December 2023 £320,000
1, West Week Cottages, Broadwoodwidger, Lifton, PL16 0EU 21 December 2020 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Ashwater Primary School

    Community school

    3.3 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

17 female, 15 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.1
PL16 0 residents
2,075

Age bands in PL16 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

296 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

215 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

405 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

697 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

563 residents

This postcode contained 1.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL16 0 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
94.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
84.2%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Old School

    BCT · Westweekmoor

    0.4 miles
  • Old School

    BCT · Westweekmoor

    0.5 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Grinacombe Moor

    1.2 miles
  • Chapel

    BCT · Grinacombe Moor

    1.2 miles
  • Ashmill

    BCT · Ashwater

    1.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torridge 009A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,190 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £302,500 from 2 recorded sales in PL16 0EU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Torridge is £260,783 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ashwater Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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