Axminster

Axminster is covered by postcode district EX13. It is in the East Devon council area, Devon.

Typical price £259,000 Homes sold in Axminster, last 12 months. ▲ 2.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 135 of 236 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 22 of 244 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 270 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Axminster, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Axminster, by flood risk Of the 244 postcodes in Axminster that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Axminster. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. EX13 5AA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5AZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5BZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5DZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5ER: not on the flood risk listEX13 5ES: not on the flood risk listEX13 5ET: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5EZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5FZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5GZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5HZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5JX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5LZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5ND: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5NX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PP: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PR: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PS: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5PW: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QJ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QL: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QT: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QX: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QY: not on the flood risk listEX13 5QZ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5RA: not on the flood risk listEX13 5RB: not on the flood risk listEX13 5RD: not on the flood risk listEX13 5RE: not on the flood risk listEX13 5RF: not on the flood risk listEX13 5RU: not on the flood risk listEX13 5SN: not on the flood risk listEX13 5TG: not on the flood risk listEX13 5TH: not on the flood risk listEX13 5TQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5US: not on the flood risk listEX13 5XS: not on the flood risk listEX13 8JT: not on the flood risk listEX13 8TQ: not on the flood risk listEX13 5ED: low flood risk at worstEX13 5EE: low flood risk at worstEX13 5JR: low flood risk at worstEX13 5QP: low flood risk at worstEX13 5EG: medium flood risk at worstEX13 5JY: medium flood risk at worstEX13 5JZ: medium flood risk at worstEX13 5PG: medium flood risk at worstEX13 5PQ: medium flood risk at worstEX13 5QS: medium flood risk at worstEX13 5HN: high flood riskEX13 5NG: high flood riskEX13 5PU: high flood riskEX13 5PX: high flood riskEX13 5PY: high flood riskEX13 5QR: high flood riskEX13 5QW: high flood riskEX13 5RG: high flood riskEX13 5RH: high flood riskEX13 5RL: high flood riskEX13 5RQ: high flood riskEX13 5RW: high flood risk Axminster 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EX13 5RQ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Axminster, by flood risk Of the 244 postcodes in Axminster that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Axminster. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Axminster
  • A home or business at high risk: 12
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 222
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 244 postcodes in Axminster that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 222 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 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 50.7823, longitude -2.9948. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

EX13 5QW60 at high riskEX13 5RQ41 at high riskEX13 5RL30 at high riskEX13 5PY17 at high riskEX13 5RH14 at high riskEX13 5RG13 at high riskEX13 5RW10 at high riskEX13 5PX6 at high riskEX13 5QR4 at high riskEX13 5HN3 at high riskEX13 5PU3 at high riskEX13 5NG2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX13 5RQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Axminster?

Homes sold for a typical £259,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 135 of the 236 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 270 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 244 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Axminster, 800 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Axminster?

Homes in Axminster sold for a typical £259,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 101 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£259,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£252,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £339,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £265,000 23 sales
  • Terraced £235,000 32 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £126,000 15 sales

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

Across the whole EX13 district, Axminster's main postcode district: a typical £292,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Axminster: 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

Are new homes being built in Axminster?

10 of the 244 postcodes now in use in Axminster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 120 homes sold in Axminster were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX13 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

EX13 9BBsince May 2025EX13 9BAsince January 2024EX13 9AZsince May 2023EX13 5USsince April 2023EX13 5NFsince January 2023EX13 5PQsince November 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AxminsterAcross the EX13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 101 (0%) 0 of 159 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 120 (Under 1%) 1 of 186 (Under 1%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Axminster?

Ofcom reports on 236 of the 244 postcodes in Axminster. At 135 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit135 of 236
Postcodes where every home can get superfast227 of 236
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 236

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 Axminster at risk of flooding?

22 of the 244 postcodes in Axminster 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 270 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 22 of 244 postcodes High: 203Medium: 67Low: 21

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

Which schools are in Axminster?

The open schools at the postcodes in Axminster. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Axminster?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Axminster is Axminster Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.

  • Axminster Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
  • Honiton Rail Station Railway station 13.6 kmDrive
  • Crewkerne Rail Station Railway station 18.3 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Axminster?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Axminster. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Axminster safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 535 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Axminster over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 30 September 2025
  2. 48 October 2025
  3. 31 November 2025
  4. 46 December 2025
  5. 57 January 2026
  6. 38 February 2026
  7. 55 March 2026
  8. 29 April 2026
  9. 45 May 2026
  10. 51 June 2026
  11. 56 July 2026
  12. 49 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences281 reports
Criminal damage and arson59 reports
Anti-social behaviour52 reports
Public order35 reports
Other theft26 reports
Shoplifting22 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Drugs16 reports

Also: burglary 15, other crime 6, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Axminster?

District, borough or city council
East Devon
County council
Devon
Parliamentary constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat)

All 244 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Axminster

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Axminster postcodes

244 postcodes in use in Axminster, by district:

EX13 postcode district,244 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

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Places near Axminster

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Axminster's £259,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Colyton7.1 km, £327,500Lyme Regis7.2 km, £411,250Tatworth7.6 km, £317,500Charmouth8.2 km, £530,000Seaton9.8 km, £310,000Chard10.5 km, £238,000Beer11.7 km, £345,000Honiton14.1 km, £258,995 All places A to Z

Questions about Axminster

What is it like to live in Axminster?
Homes sold for a typical £259,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 135 of the 236 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 270 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 244 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Axminster, 800 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Axminster?
Axminster is covered by postcode district EX13, across 244 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Axminster in?
Axminster is in the East Devon council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Axminster?
Axminster is in the Honiton and Sidmouth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Axminster?
Homes in Axminster sold for a typical £259,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 101 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Axminster?
In Axminster, primary schools at its postcodes include Axminster Community Primary Academy and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster; secondary schools at its postcodes include Axe Valley Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Axminster have a railway station?
Yes: Axminster is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Axminster, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Axminster?
Ofcom reports on 236 of the 244 postcodes in Axminster. At 135 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Axminster at risk of flooding?
22 of the 244 postcodes in Axminster 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 270 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Axminster?
10 of the 244 postcodes now in use in Axminster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 120 homes sold in Axminster were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX13 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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