Bideford

Bideford is covered by postcode district EX39. It is in the Torridge council area, Devon.

Typical price £227,750 Homes sold in Bideford, last 12 months. ▲ 3.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 321 of 500 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 83 of 532 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 598 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bideford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bideford, by flood risk Of the 532 postcodes in Bideford that ONS places, 32 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at medium risk at worst, 29 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 449 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 23 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bideford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A39A386 EX39 2AA: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AD: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AH: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AN: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AS: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AU: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AY: not on the flood risk listEX39 2AZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BA: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BH: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BN: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BP: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BS: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BU: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2BY: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DE: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DG: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DH: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DL: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DN: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DP: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DS: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2DW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EF: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EG: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EH: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EP: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2EW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2HR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2HS: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JD: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JF: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JN: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2JW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LA: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LS: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LU: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LX: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NH: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NL: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NN: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2NW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2PT: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QE: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QP: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QU: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QW: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QX: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QY: not on the flood risk listEX39 2QZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RA: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RB: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RS: not on the flood risk listEX39 2XX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AG: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AL: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AN: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AP: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AR: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AS: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3AY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BG: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BN: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BP: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BR: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BS: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BT: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3BZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3DA: not on the flood risk listEX39 3DE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3DF: not on the flood risk 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flood risk listEX39 3ES: not on the flood risk listEX39 3ET: not on the flood risk listEX39 3EU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3EW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3EX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3EY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3EZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FG: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FP: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FR: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FS: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FT: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3GA: not on the flood risk listEX39 3GB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3GD: not on the flood risk listEX39 3GE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3GF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3HA: not 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3LJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LL: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LN: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LP: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LR: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LS: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LT: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3LZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NA: not on the flood risk listEX39 3ND: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NL: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NN: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NP: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NR: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NS: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NT: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3NZ: not on the flood risk 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flood risk listEX39 3RU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3RW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3RX: not on the flood risk listEX39 3RY: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SA: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SD: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SG: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SL: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TA: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TD: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TG: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TL: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TN: not on the flood risk listEX39 3TP: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AF: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AG: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AN: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AP: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AR: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AS: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AT: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AW: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AX: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AY: not on the flood risk listEX39 4AZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BA: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BG: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BN: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BP: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BR: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BS: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BT: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BU: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BW: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BX: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BY: not on the flood risk listEX39 4BZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DA: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DE: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DF: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DG: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DN: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DW: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DX: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DY: not on the flood risk listEX39 4DZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4ED: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EE: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EF: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EG: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EN: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EP: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4ER: not on the flood risk listEX39 4ES: not on the flood risk listEX39 4ET: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EU: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EX: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EY: not on the flood risk listEX39 4EZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FA: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FE: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FG: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FN: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FP: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FR: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FS: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FT: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FU: not on the flood risk listEX39 4FW: not on the flood risk listEX39 4GA: not on the flood risk listEX39 4GD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4GH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HA: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HE: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HF: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HG: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4HQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4LQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4NA: not on the flood risk listEX39 4PH: not on the flood risk listEX39 4PJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4PL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4PQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4QJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4QL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4RB: not on the flood risk listEX39 4RD: not on the flood risk listEX39 4RE: not on the flood risk listEX39 4RJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 4RL: not on the flood risk listEX39 4RS: not on the flood risk listEX39 5AE: not on the flood risk listEX39 5AG: not on the flood risk listEX39 5AJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 5AQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 5EU: not on the flood risk listEX39 5FD: not on the flood risk listEX39 5GA: not on the flood risk listEX39 5GB: not on the flood risk listEX39 5GD: not on the flood risk listEX39 5HZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XN: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XS: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XT: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XU: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XW: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XX: not on the flood risk listEX39 5XY: not on the flood risk listEX39 2LN: very low flood risk onlyEX39 2QG: very low flood risk onlyEX39 5JF: very low flood risk onlyEX39 5JG: very low flood risk onlyEX39 2AG: low flood risk at worstEX39 2DA: low flood risk at worstEX39 2EX: low flood risk at worstEX39 2EY: low flood risk at worstEX39 2EZ: low flood risk at worstEX39 2FA: low flood risk at worstEX39 2HJ: low flood risk at worstEX39 2HW: low flood risk at worstEX39 2LG: low flood risk at worstEX39 2LL: low flood risk at worstEX39 2LP: low flood risk at worstEX39 2NA: low flood risk at worstEX39 2NB: low flood risk at worstEX39 2ND: low flood risk at worstEX39 2NE: low flood risk at worstEX39 2NF: low flood risk at worstEX39 2NZ: low flood risk at worstEX39 2PF: low flood risk at worstEX39 2PS: low flood risk at worstEX39 2PZ: low flood risk at worstEX39 2QD: low flood risk at worstEX39 2QJ: low flood risk at worstEX39 2QR: low flood risk at worstEX39 2QS: low flood risk at worstEX39 2QT: low flood risk at worstEX39 5AA: low flood risk at worstEX39 5AL: low flood risk at worstEX39 2JG: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2JH: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2LH: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2LJ: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2QL: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2QN: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2QQ: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3JL: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3JN: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3JT: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3LB: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3LD: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3LE: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3LG: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3LQ: medium flood risk at worstEX39 3NQ: medium flood risk at worstEX39 2BB: high flood riskEX39 2BD: high flood riskEX39 2BG: high flood riskEX39 2BX: high flood riskEX39 2LQ: high flood riskEX39 2NG: high flood riskEX39 2NP: high flood riskEX39 2PH: high flood riskEX39 2PL: high flood riskEX39 2PN: high flood riskEX39 2PW: high flood riskEX39 2PY: high flood riskEX39 2QH: high flood riskEX39 2RX: high flood riskEX39 2RY: high flood riskEX39 2RZ: high flood riskEX39 3AZ: high flood riskEX39 3BA: high flood riskEX39 3JQ: high flood riskEX39 3JW: high flood riskEX39 3JZ: high flood riskEX39 3NG: high flood riskEX39 4AE: high flood riskEX39 4AU: high flood riskEX39 4DP: high flood riskEX39 4DR: high flood riskEX39 4DS: high flood riskEX39 4DU: high flood riskEX39 4EA: high flood riskEX39 4ND: high flood riskEX39 4NE: high flood riskEX39 4RH: high flood risk Bideford 23 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EX39 2NP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk23 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EX39 4DP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Bideford, by flood risk Of the 532 postcodes in Bideford that ONS places, 32 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at medium risk at worst, 29 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 449 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 23 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bideford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A39 Bideford 23 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EX39 2NP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk23 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 32
  • At medium risk at worst: 18
  • At low risk at worst: 29
  • At very low risk only: 4
  • Not on the at-risk list: 449
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 532 postcodes in Bideford that ONS places, 32 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at medium risk at worst, 29 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 449 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 51.0176, longitude -4.2093. 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

32 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

EX39 4RH87 at high riskEX39 2NP52 at high riskEX39 4DP41 at high riskEX39 4AE36 at high riskEX39 2RZ29 at high riskEX39 2RX13 at high riskEX39 4DS13 at high riskEX39 2PL11 at high riskEX39 2PN9 at high riskEX39 2RY7 at high riskEX39 2BD6 at high riskEX39 4DR5 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 23 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX39 2NP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX39 4DP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Bideford?

Homes sold for a typical £227,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 321 of the 500 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 598 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 83 of its 532 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, 12.0 km 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 Bideford?

Homes in Bideford sold for a typical £227,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 230 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£227,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£220,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £315,000 59 sales
  • Semi-detached £240,000 41 sales
  • Terraced £198,000 109 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £138,000 21 sales

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

Across the whole EX39 district, Bideford's main postcode district: a typical £265,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bideford: 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 Bideford?

13 of the 532 postcodes now in use in Bideford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 320 homes sold in Bideford were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX39 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

EX39 9FGsince July 2026EX39 2ETsince January 2026EX39 2JLsince October 2025EX39 9FPsince June 2025EX39 3SGsince December 2023EX39 4GAsince October 2023

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 BidefordAcross the EX39 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 230 (0%) 26 of 478 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 5 of 320 (2%) 140 of 813 (17%)

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 Bideford?

Ofcom reports on 500 of the 532 postcodes in Bideford. At 321 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit321 of 500
Postcodes where every home can get superfast476 of 500
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband3 of 500

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 Bideford at risk of flooding?

83 of the 532 postcodes in Bideford 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 598 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 83 of 532 postcodes High: 351Medium: 247Low: 440Very low: 141

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 Bideford?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bideford. 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

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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 Bideford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bideford is Barnstaple Rail Station, 12.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Barnstaple Rail Station Railway station 12.0 kmDrive
  • Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station Railway station 12.9 kmDrive
  • Umberleigh Rail Station Railway station 16.0 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 Bideford?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Bideford. 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 Bideford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,580 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bideford 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. 129 September 2025
  2. 144 October 2025
  3. 133 November 2025
  4. 99 December 2025
  5. 94 January 2026
  6. 131 February 2026
  7. 130 March 2026
  8. 131 April 2026
  9. 151 May 2026
  10. 140 June 2026
  11. 155 July 2026
  12. 143 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences676 reports
Anti-social behaviour225 reports
Shoplifting165 reports
Criminal damage and arson125 reports
Other theft100 reports
Public order99 reports
Vehicle crime41 reports
Drugs40 reports

Also: burglary 38, other crime 35, possession of weapons 13, robbery 12, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 4.

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 Bideford?

District, borough or city council
Torridge
County council
Devon
Parliamentary constituency
Torridge and Tavistock
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Geoffrey Cox (Conservative)

All 532 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 Bideford

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

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Bideford postcodes

532 postcodes in use in Bideford, by district:

EX39 postcode district,532 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

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Places near Bideford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bideford's £227,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Northam2.5 km, £320,000Westward Ho!3.0 km, £290,000Appledore4.0 km, £290,000Fremington7.7 km, £320,000Great Torrington8.6 km, £223,500Braunton10.6 km, £370,000Bishop's Tawton12.0 km, £313,750Barnstaple12.3 km, £247,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Bideford

What is it like to live in Bideford?
Homes sold for a typical £227,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 321 of the 500 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 598 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 83 of its 532 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, 12.0 km 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 Bideford?
Bideford is covered by postcode district EX39, across 532 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bideford in?
Bideford is in the Torridge council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bideford?
Bideford is in the Torridge and Tavistock parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Geoffrey Cox (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bideford?
Homes in Bideford sold for a typical £227,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 230 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bideford?
In Bideford, primary schools at its postcodes include West Croft School, Kingsley School Devon and St Mary's CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Kingsley School Devon and Bideford College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bideford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bideford is Barnstaple, 12.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bideford?
Ofcom reports on 500 of the 532 postcodes in Bideford. At 321 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bideford at risk of flooding?
83 of the 532 postcodes in Bideford 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 598 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 Bideford?
13 of the 532 postcodes now in use in Bideford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 320 homes sold in Bideford were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX39 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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