Great Torrington

Great Torrington is covered by postcode district EX38. It is in the Torridge council area, Devon.

Typical price £223,500 Homes sold in Great Torrington, last 12 months. ▼ 6.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 14 of 151 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 156 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Great Torrington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Great Torrington, by flood risk Of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk and 151 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Torrington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A386 EX38 7AB: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AD: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AE: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AF: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AG: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AH: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AL: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AN: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AP: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AR: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AS: not on the flood risk listEX38 7AT: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BA: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BB: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BE: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BG: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BH: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BL: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BN: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BP: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BR: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BS: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BT: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BU: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BW: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BX: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BY: not on the flood risk listEX38 7BZ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DA: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DB: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DD: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DE: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DF: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DG: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DH: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DL: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DN: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DP: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DR: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DT: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DX: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DY: not on the flood risk listEX38 7ED: not on the flood risk listEX38 7EE: not on the flood risk listEX38 7EL: not on the flood risk listEX38 7ER: not on the flood risk listEX38 7FB: not on the flood risk listEX38 7HP: not on the flood risk listEX38 7HR: not on the flood risk listEX38 7HT: not on the flood risk listEX38 7LG: not on the flood risk listEX38 7LQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NA: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NB: not on the flood risk listEX38 7ND: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NE: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NF: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NG: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NH: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NL: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NN: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NP: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NR: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NS: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NU: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NW: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NX: not on the flood risk listEX38 7NZ: not on the flood risk listEX38 7PA: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AA: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AB: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AE: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AG: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AH: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AL: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AN: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AP: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AR: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AX: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AY: not on the flood risk listEX38 8AZ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BA: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BB: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BE: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BH: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BN: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BS: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BT: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BU: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BX: not on the flood risk listEX38 8BY: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DA: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DB: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DD: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DE: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DF: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DG: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DH: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DL: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DN: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DP: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DR: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DS: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DU: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DW: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DX: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DY: not on the flood risk listEX38 8DZ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EA: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EB: not on the flood risk listEX38 8ED: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EE: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EF: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EG: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EH: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EJ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EL: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EP: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8ER: not on the flood risk listEX38 8ES: not on the flood risk listEX38 8ET: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EU: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EX: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EY: not on the flood risk listEX38 8EZ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8FD: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HB: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HE: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HF: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HN: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HQ: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HR: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HS: not on the flood risk listEX38 8HT: not on the flood risk listEX38 7DW: high flood riskEX38 8AS: high flood riskEX38 8AT: high flood riskEX38 8AU: high flood riskEX38 8AW: high flood risk Great Torrington Map of every postcode in Great Torrington, by flood risk Of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk and 151 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Torrington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Great Torrington
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 151

Of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk and 151 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9531, longitude -4.1408. 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.

EX38 8AT7 at high riskEX38 8AU2 at high riskEX38 8AS2 at high riskEX38 8AW2 at high riskEX38 7DW1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Great Torrington?

Homes sold for a typical £223,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.9% on the 12 months before. At 14 of the 151 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 156 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chapelton (Devon), 10.8 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 Great Torrington?

Homes in Great Torrington sold for a typical £223,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 6.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£223,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£240,000
12 months to August 2026
£223,500

▼ down 6.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£350,000 23 sales
Semi-detached£211,000 18 sales
Terraced£205,000 45 sales
Flat or maisonette£97,500 6 sales

Across the whole EX38 district, Great Torrington's main postcode district: a typical £247,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Great Torrington: 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 Great Torrington?

8 of the 156 postcodes now in use in Great Torrington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 106 homes sold in Great Torrington were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX38 district, 1%.

The newest postcodes

EX38 9AZsince July 2026EX38 9AYsince July 2025EX38 7FBsince February 2025EX38 7DYsince September 2024EX38 9AXsince April 2024EX38 8FDsince January 2024

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 Great TorringtonAcross the EX38 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 92 (0%) 0 of 109 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 106 (2%) 2 of 144 (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 Great Torrington?

Ofcom reports on 151 of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington. At 14 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit14 of 151
Postcodes where every home can get superfast147 of 151

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 Great Torrington at risk of flooding?

5 of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington 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 29 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 156 postcodes High: 14Medium: 15Low: 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 Great Torrington?

The open schools at the postcodes in Great Torrington. 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 Great Torrington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Torrington is Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station, 10.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station Railway station 10.8 kmDrive
  • Umberleigh Rail Station Railway station 12.1 kmDrive
  • Portsmouth Arms Rail Station Railway station 13.3 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 Great Torrington?

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

Police.uk records 340 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Great Torrington 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. 39 September 2025
  2. 26 October 2025
  3. 27 November 2025
  4. 24 December 2025
  5. 20 January 2026
  6. 30 February 2026
  7. 27 March 2026
  8. 21 April 2026
  9. 33 May 2026
  10. 33 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 32 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences178 reports
Shoplifting34 reports
Anti-social behaviour27 reports
Criminal damage and arson27 reports
Public order26 reports
Other theft23 reports
Other crime8 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports

Also: drugs 5, burglary 4, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 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 Great Torrington?

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 156 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 Great Torrington

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Great Torrington postcodes

156 postcodes in use in Great Torrington, by district:

EX38 postcode district,156 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

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Places near Great Torrington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Great Torrington's £223,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bideford8.6 km, £227,750Northam10.9 km, £320,000Appledore11.7 km, £290,000Westward Ho!11.7 km, £290,000Fremington12.9 km, £320,000Bishop's Tawton13.0 km, £313,750Barnstaple14.9 km, £247,250Landkey15.5 km, £315,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Great Torrington

What is it like to live in Great Torrington?
Homes sold for a typical £223,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.9% on the 12 months before. At 14 of the 151 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 156 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chapelton (Devon), 10.8 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 Great Torrington?
Great Torrington is covered by postcode district EX38, across 156 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Great Torrington in?
Great Torrington is in the Torridge council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Great Torrington?
Great Torrington 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 Great Torrington?
Homes in Great Torrington sold for a typical £223,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 6.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Great Torrington?
In Great Torrington, primary schools at its postcodes include Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Great Torrington School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Great Torrington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Torrington is Chapelton (Devon), 10.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Great Torrington?
Ofcom reports on 151 of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington. At 14 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Great Torrington at risk of flooding?
5 of the 156 postcodes in Great Torrington 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 29 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 Great Torrington?
8 of the 156 postcodes now in use in Great Torrington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 106 homes sold in Great Torrington were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX38 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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