North Tawton

North Tawton is covered by postcode district EX20. It is in the West Devon council area, Devon.

Typical price £284,000 Homes sold in North Tawton, last 12 months. ▲ 12.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 8 of 66 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 17 of 67 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 39 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in North Tawton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in North Tawton, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 50 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: North Tawton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. EX20 2AZ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2DB: not on the flood risk listEX20 2DF: not on the flood risk listEX20 2DG: not on the flood risk listEX20 2DQ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2DX: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EA: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EF: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EP: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EQ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2ER: not on the flood risk listEX20 2ET: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EW: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EX: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EY: not on the flood risk listEX20 2EZ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FA: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FB: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FD: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FE: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FJ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FL: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FN: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FP: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FQ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FS: not on the flood risk listEX20 2FY: not on the flood risk listEX20 2GW: not on the flood risk listEX20 2GY: not on the flood risk listEX20 2GZ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HA: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HB: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HD: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HE: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HF: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HG: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HH: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HJ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HL: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HN: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HP: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HQ: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HR: not on the flood risk listEX20 2HW: not on the flood risk listEX20 2JD: not on the flood risk listEX20 2NA: not on the flood risk listEX20 2ND: not on the flood risk listEX20 2RP: not on the flood risk listEX20 2TR: not on the flood risk listEX20 2DZ: very low flood risk onlyEX20 2EH: very low flood risk onlyEX20 2DE: low flood risk at worstEX20 2ES: low flood risk at worstEX20 2GU: low flood risk at worstEX20 2TP: low flood risk at worstEX20 2DS: medium flood risk at worstEX20 2DU: medium flood risk at worstEX20 2DY: medium flood risk at worstEX20 2DR: high flood riskEX20 2DT: high flood riskEX20 2EB: high flood riskEX20 2ED: high flood riskEX20 2EE: high flood riskEX20 2FF: high flood riskEX20 2GT: high flood risk North Tawton Map of every postcode in North Tawton, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 50 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: North Tawton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. North Tawton
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 50
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 50 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 50.7993, longitude -3.8986. 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.

EX20 2DT7 at high riskEX20 2AB5 at high riskEX20 2FF5 at high riskEX20 2ED4 at high riskEX20 2EE3 at high riskEX20 2EB2 at high riskEX20 2DR1 at high riskEX20 2GT1 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

EX20 2AB

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX20 2FF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in North Tawton?

Homes sold for a typical £284,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.5% on the 12 months before. At 8 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 39 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 67 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Bow Medical Practice, 6.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Sampford Courtenay, 4.8 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 North Tawton?

Homes in North Tawton sold for a typical £284,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, up 12.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£284,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£252,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 12.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £365,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £230,000 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole EX20 district, North Tawton's main postcode district: a typical £273,843.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in North Tawton: 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 North Tawton?

3 of the 67 postcodes now in use in North Tawton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 26 homes sold in North Tawton were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX20 district, 28%.

The newest postcodes

EX20 2FYsince June 2026EX20 2FSsince November 2023EX20 2FQsince October 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 North TawtonAcross the EX20 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 15 (0%) 18 of 258 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 26 (15%) 117 of 424 (28%)

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 North Tawton?

Ofcom reports on 66 of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton. At 8 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit8 of 66
Postcodes where every home can get superfast60 of 66
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 66

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 North Tawton at risk of flooding?

17 of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton 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 39 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 67 postcodes High: 28Medium: 11Low: 22Very low: 45

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 North Tawton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in North Tawton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 North Tawton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in North Tawton is Sampford Courtenay Rail Station, 4.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Sampford Courtenay Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
  • Okehampton Interchange Rail Station Railway station 8.2 kmDrive
  • Lapford Rail Station Railway station 8.9 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 North Tawton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in North Tawton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 North Tawton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 86 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in North Tawton 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. 2 September 2025
  2. 8 October 2025
  3. 9 November 2025
  4. 7 December 2025
  5. 14 January 2026
  6. 10 February 2026
  7. 5 March 2026
  8. 3 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 6 June 2026
  11. 6 July 2026
  12. 7 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences52 reports
Public order11 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports
Anti-social behaviour6 reports
Other theft4 reports
Theft from the person1 report
Drugs1 report

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 North Tawton?

District, borough or city council
West Devon
County council
Devon
Parliamentary constituency
Central Devon
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Mel Stride (Conservative)

All 67 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

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North Tawton postcodes

67 postcodes in use in North Tawton, by district:

EX20 postcode district,67 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

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Places near North Tawton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside North Tawton's £284,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bow5.9 km, £230,500Winkleigh7.2 km, £315,000Okehampton9.4 km, £228,000Chagford14.6 km, £405,000Crediton17.1 km, £275,000Great Torrington24.1 km, £223,500South Molton24.7 km, £246,000Bovey Tracey28.2 km, £338,750 All places A to Z

Questions about North Tawton

What is it like to live in North Tawton?
Homes sold for a typical £284,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.5% on the 12 months before. At 8 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 39 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 67 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Bow Medical Practice, 6.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Sampford Courtenay, 4.8 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 North Tawton?
North Tawton is covered by postcode district EX20, across 67 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is North Tawton in?
North Tawton is in the West Devon council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for North Tawton?
North Tawton 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 North Tawton?
Homes in North Tawton sold for a typical £284,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, up 12.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in North Tawton?
In North Tawton, primary schools at its postcodes include North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Acorn School, 8.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does North Tawton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in North Tawton is Sampford Courtenay, 4.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in North Tawton?
Ofcom reports on 66 of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton. At 8 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is North Tawton at risk of flooding?
17 of the 67 postcodes in North Tawton 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 39 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 North Tawton?
3 of the 67 postcodes now in use in North Tawton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 26 homes sold in North Tawton were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX20 district, 28%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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