Bude

Bude is covered by postcode district EX23. It is in the Cornwall council area, England.

Typical price £355,000 Homes sold in Bude, last 12 months. ▲ 4.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 139 of 265 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 52 of 273 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 208 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bude, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bude, by flood risk Of the 273 postcodes in Bude that ONS places, 25 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 221 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk; 10 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bude, Stratton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A39A3073 EX23 0LP: not on the flood risk listEX23 0LR: not on the flood risk listEX23 0LW: not on the flood risk listEX23 0PR: not on the flood risk listEX23 0RA: not on the flood risk listEX23 0RB: not on the flood risk listEX23 0RD: not on the flood risk listEX23 3AN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AD: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8AZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BQ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DD: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DF: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DQ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8DZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8ED: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EF: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EQ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8ER: not on the flood risk listEX23 8ES: not on the flood risk listEX23 8ET: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8EZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FF: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FQ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8FZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GD: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GF: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8GX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HF: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8HZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8JZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LQ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8LY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8NZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PD: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PS: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PT: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8PZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QD: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8QR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8RE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8RR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8RX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8RY: not on the flood risk listEX23 8RZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SE: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SH: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SJ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SL: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SN: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SP: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SQ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SW: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SX: not on the flood risk listEX23 8SZ: not on the flood risk listEX23 8TA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8TD: not on the flood risk listEX23 8TG: not on the flood risk listEX23 8TR: not on the flood risk listEX23 8TU: not on the flood risk listEX23 8UA: not on the flood risk listEX23 8UB: not on the flood risk listEX23 8UD: not on the flood risk listEX23 9EE: not on the flood risk listEX23 9EF: not on the flood risk listEX23 8BD: very low flood risk onlyEX23 8SD: very low flood risk onlyEX23 8GQ: low flood risk at worstEX23 8GY: low flood risk at worstEX23 8HD: low flood risk at worstEX23 8JD: low flood risk at worstEX23 8JG: low flood risk at worstEX23 8JQ: low flood risk at worstEX23 8LJ: low flood risk at worstEX23 8LN: low flood risk at worstEX23 8LW: low flood risk at worstEX23 8NP: low flood risk at worstEX23 8PQ: low flood risk at worstEX23 8QE: low flood risk at worstEX23 8QH: low flood risk at worstEX23 8RJ: low flood risk at worstEX23 8RN: low flood risk at worstEX23 8RS: low flood risk at worstEX23 8RW: low flood risk at worstEX23 8SB: low flood risk at worstEX23 8TQ: low flood risk at worstEX23 8TS: low flood risk at worstEX23 8PB: medium flood risk at worstEX23 8QF: medium flood risk at worstEX23 8QP: medium flood risk at worstEX23 8GS: high flood riskEX23 8HJ: high flood riskEX23 8HN: high flood riskEX23 8LA: high flood riskEX23 8LB: high flood riskEX23 8LD: high flood riskEX23 8LE: high flood riskEX23 8LG: high flood riskEX23 8NE: high flood riskEX23 8NF: high flood riskEX23 8NH: high flood riskEX23 8NQ: high flood riskEX23 8QG: high flood riskEX23 8QS: high flood riskEX23 8QT: high flood riskEX23 8QU: high flood riskEX23 8RA: high flood riskEX23 8RF: high flood riskEX23 8RG: high flood riskEX23 8RH: high flood riskEX23 8RL: high flood riskEX23 8RQ: high flood riskEX23 8RU: high flood riskEX23 8TF: high flood risk BudeStratton 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EX23 8NH, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to EX23 8LE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Bude, by flood risk Of the 273 postcodes in Bude that ONS places, 25 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 221 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk; 10 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bude. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A39 Bude
  • A home or business at high risk: 25
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 21
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 221
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 273 postcodes in Bude that ONS places, 25 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 21 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 221 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 50.8292, longitude -4.5395. 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

25 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.

EX23 8LE30 at high riskEX23 8NH15 at high riskEX23 8RA15 at high riskEX23 8TF14 at high riskEX23 8LA12 at high riskEX23 8QT12 at high riskEX23 8QS11 at high riskEX23 8RG9 at high riskEX23 8QU9 at high riskEX23 8RH7 at high riskEX23 8LD4 at high riskEX23 8RF3 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX23 8NH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX23 8LE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Bude?

Homes sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. At 139 of the 265 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 208 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 273 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes.

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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bude?

Homes in Bude sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 103 sales, up 4.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£355,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£340,000
12 months to August 2026
£355,000

▲ up 4.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£420,000 47 sales
Semi-detached£310,000 23 sales
Terraced£298,500 14 sales
Flat or maisonette£180,000 19 sales

Across the whole EX23 district, Bude's main postcode district: a typical £340,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bude: 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 Bude?

10 of the 273 postcodes now in use in Bude came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 123 homes sold in Bude were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX23 district, 10%.

The newest postcodes

EX23 8BDsince April 2023EX23 8FTsince October 2022EX23 8TUsince October 2022EX23 8FNsince July 2021EX23 8GPsince June 2021EX23 8FWsince May 2021

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 BudeAcross the EX23 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 103 (2%) 9 of 210 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 123 (3%) 26 of 266 (10%)

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 Bude?

Ofcom reports on 265 of the 273 postcodes in Bude. At 139 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit139 of 265
Postcodes where every home can get superfast219 of 265

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 Bude at risk of flooding?

52 of the 273 postcodes in Bude 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 208 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 52 of 273 postcodes High: 163Medium: 45Low: 289Very low: 55

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 Bude?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bude. 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

Which GP surgeries are in Bude?

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

Police.uk records 652 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bude 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. 71 September 2025
  2. 59 October 2025
  3. 57 November 2025
  4. 45 December 2025
  5. 54 January 2026
  6. 44 February 2026
  7. 37 March 2026
  8. 49 April 2026
  9. 66 May 2026
  10. 45 June 2026
  11. 63 July 2026
  12. 62 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences313 reports
Anti-social behaviour71 reports
Shoplifting64 reports
Other theft60 reports
Criminal damage and arson55 reports
Public order38 reports
Burglary19 reports
Vehicle crime9 reports

Also: other crime 8, theft from the person 4, bicycle theft 3, drugs 3, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2.

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 Bude?

Council
Cornwall
Parliamentary constituency
North Cornwall
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)

All 273 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 Bude

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

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Bude postcodes

273 postcodes in use in Bude, by district:

EX23 postcode district,273 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

Check a Bude postcode

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 Bude

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bude's £355,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stratton1.6 km, £292,500Holsworthy13.2 km, £225,000Launceston24.8 km, £207,500Camelford25.2 km, £195,000Delabole26.4 km, £255,750Lifton27.6 km, £305,000Bideford31.2 km, £227,750Great Torrington31.2 km, £223,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Bude

What is it like to live in Bude?
Homes sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. At 139 of the 265 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 208 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 52 of its 273 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. 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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bude?
Bude is covered by postcode district EX23, across 273 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bude in?
Bude is in the Cornwall council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bude?
Bude is in the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bude?
Homes in Bude sold for a typical £355,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 103 sales, up 4.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bude?
In Bude, primary schools at its postcodes include Bude Primary Academy - Infants and Bude Primary Academy - Juniors; secondary schools at its postcodes include Budehaven Community School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bude?
Ofcom reports on 265 of the 273 postcodes in Bude. At 139 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bude at risk of flooding?
52 of the 273 postcodes in Bude 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 208 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 Bude?
10 of the 273 postcodes now in use in Bude came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 123 homes sold in Bude were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX23 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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