Bideford
Bideford is covered by postcode district EX39. It is in the Torridge council area, Devon.
Every postcode in Bideford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 13
- In use before 2020: 519
Of the 532 postcodes in Bideford that ONS places, 13 are new since 2020 and 519 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. 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; 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
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.
- 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
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
| Period | In Bideford | Across 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).
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 checkerSource: 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.
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
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.
- Bideford Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01237 476363 200 mWalk
- Wooda Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01237 471071 600 mWalk
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
- 129 September 2025
- 144 October 2025
- 133 November 2025
- 99 December 2025
- 94 January 2026
- 131 February 2026
- 130 March 2026
- 131 April 2026
- 151 May 2026
- 140 June 2026
- 155 July 2026
- 143 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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.
- Tell Torridge about council tax Council tax, on torridge.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bideford
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Bideford postcodes
532 postcodes in use in Bideford, by district:
That district is in the EX postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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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.
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, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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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