Bow
Bow is covered by postcode district EX17. It is in the Mid Devon council area, Devon.
Every postcode in Bow, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 49
Of the 50 postcodes in Bow that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 49 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. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8001, longitude -3.8150. 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
What is it like to live in Bow?
Homes sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 31.7% on the 12 months before. At 16 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 50 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Morchard Road, 4.5 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 Bow?
Homes in Bow sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, down 31.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £322,500 6 sales
- Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
- Terraced £195,000 6 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole EX17 district, Bow's main postcode district: a typical £305,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bow: 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 Bow?
None of the 50 postcodes now in use in Bow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 15 homes sold in Bow were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX17 district, 1%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bow | Across the EX17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 16 (0%) | 1 of 195 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 15 (0%) | 3 of 244 (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 Bow?
Ofcom reports on 49 of the 50 postcodes in Bow. At 16 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Bow at risk of flooding?
1 of the 50 postcodes in Bow has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Bow?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bow. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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 Bow?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bow is Morchard Road Rail Station, 4.5 km away in a straight line.
- Morchard Road Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
- Copplestone Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
- Lapford Rail Station Railway station 6.3 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 Bow?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bow. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bow Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report February 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01363 82333 600 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bow safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 35 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bow 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
- 3 September 2025
- None October 2025
- 2 November 2025
- 6 December 2025
- None January 2026
- 4 February 2026
- 2 March 2026
- 3 April 2026
- 2 May 2026
- 6 June 2026
- 4 July 2026
- 3 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: possession of weapons 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 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 Bow?
- District, borough or city council
- Mid Devon
- County council
- Devon
- Parliamentary constituency
- Central Devon
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Sir Mel Stride (Conservative)
All 50 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 Bow
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Mid Devon about council tax Council tax, on middevon.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bow
- 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
Bow postcodes
50 postcodes in use in Bow, 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 Bow
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bow's £230,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bow
- What is it like to live in Bow?
- Homes sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 31.7% on the 12 months before. At 16 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 50 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Morchard Road, 4.5 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 Bow?
- Bow is covered by postcode district EX17, across 50 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bow in?
- Bow is in the Mid Devon council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bow?
- Bow is in the Central Devon parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Mel Stride (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bow?
- Homes in Bow sold for a typical £230,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 16 sales, down 31.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bow?
- In Bow, primary schools at its postcodes include Bow Community Primary School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bow have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bow is Morchard Road, 4.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bow?
- Ofcom reports on 49 of the 50 postcodes in Bow. At 16 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bow at risk of flooding?
- 1 of the 50 postcodes in Bow has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Bow?
- None of the 50 postcodes now in use in Bow came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 15 homes sold in Bow were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX17 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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