EX20 postcode district: Okehampton and around, Devon

EX20 is a postcode district in Devon, with 1,064 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Okehampton and North Tawton. It is split between 3 councils: West Devon (999 postcodes), Torridge (62) and Mid Devon (3).

Postcodes in use: 1,064
Sectors: 5
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in EX20, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 82
In use before 2020: 982
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,064 postcodes in EX20 that ONS places, 82 are new since 2020 and 982 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 230 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.7521, longitude -4.0182. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

EX20 9BUJuly 2026 EX20 1ZJJune 2026 EX20 2FYJune 2026 EX20 3FRJune 2026 EX20 1ZTMarch 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

33 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX20 1ZJ, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX20 9BU, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX20 3FR, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX20 1ZE, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. EX20 2FU, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in EX20?

Ofcom reports on 1,036 of the 1,064 postcodes in EX20. At 424 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 64 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit424 of 1,036

Postcodes where every home can get superfast692 of 1,036

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband64 of 1,036

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is EX20 at risk of flooding?

168 of the 1,064 postcodes in EX20 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 419 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 168 of 1,064 postcodes High: 275Medium: 144Low: 535Very low: 232

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in EX20?

Homes in EX20 sold for a typical £273,843 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 258 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£273,843 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£294,748 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 7.1% on the 12 months before

Detached £380,000 99 sales
Semi-detached £252,500 64 sales
Terraced £220,000 76 sales
Flat or maisonette £145,000 19 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it