Northam

Northam is covered by postcode district EX39. It is in the Torridge council area, Devon.

Typical price £320,000 Homes sold in Northam, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 112 of 148 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 5 of 149 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Northam, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Northam, by flood risk Of the 149 postcodes in Northam that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 144 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Northam. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A386 EX39 1AB: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AL: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AY: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BB: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BE: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BW: not on the 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1JN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1NJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1NN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1NP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1NS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1NW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1ST: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1SZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TB: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TL: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TY: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UE: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UF: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UY: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1ZU: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RL: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RN: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RP: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RR: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3PF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3PW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QB: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QD: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QF: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QG: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QH: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3QR: not on the flood risk listEX39 3RE: not on the flood risk listEX39 3RZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 3SE: not on the flood risk listEX39 2RG: low flood risk at worstEX39 3PL: low flood risk at worstEX39 1XY: high flood riskEX39 2RH: high flood riskEX39 2RJ: high flood risk Northam Map of every postcode in Northam, by flood risk Of the 149 postcodes in Northam that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 144 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Northam. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Northam
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 144

Of the 149 postcodes in Northam that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 144 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 51.0402, longitude -4.2132. 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.

EX39 2RJ6 at high riskEX39 2RH5 at high riskEX39 1XY1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Northam?

Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 112 of the 148 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 149 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, 11.1 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 Northam?

Homes in Northam sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£320,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£320,000
12 months to August 2026
£320,000

■ no change on the 12 months before

Detached£397,500 31 sales
Semi-detached£295,000 6 sales
Terraced£210,000 17 sales
Flat or maisonette£168,000 5 sales

Across the whole EX39 district, Northam's main postcode district: a typical £265,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Northam: 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 Northam?

3 of the 149 postcodes now in use in Northam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 101 homes sold in Northam were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX39 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

EX39 1ZUsince July 2026EX39 1BAsince September 2023EX39 1FZsince September 2022

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 NorthamAcross the EX39 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 59 (0%) 26 of 478 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 101 (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 Northam?

Ofcom reports on 148 of the 149 postcodes in Northam. At 112 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit112 of 148
Postcodes where every home can get superfast143 of 148

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 Northam at risk of flooding?

5 of the 149 postcodes in Northam 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 12 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 5 of 149 postcodes High: 12Low: 9Very low: 1

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 Northam?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Northam. 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

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

How far is the station from Northam?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northam is Barnstaple Rail Station, 11.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Barnstaple Rail Station Railway station 11.1 kmDrive
  • Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station Railway station 13.4 kmDrive
  • Umberleigh Rail Station Railway station 16.8 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 Northam?

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

Police.uk records 291 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Northam 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. 22 September 2025
  2. 22 October 2025
  3. 29 November 2025
  4. 25 December 2025
  5. 21 January 2026
  6. 17 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 29 April 2026
  9. 25 May 2026
  10. 30 June 2026
  11. 23 July 2026
  12. 24 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences147 reports
Anti-social behaviour39 reports
Criminal damage and arson31 reports
Other theft22 reports
Public order15 reports
Burglary12 reports
Drugs7 reports
Other crime7 reports

Also: vehicle crime 5, shoplifting 2, robbery 2, theft from the person 1, 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 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 Northam?

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 149 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 Northam

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

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Northam postcodes

149 postcodes in use in Northam, by district:

EX39 postcode district,149 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

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Places near Northam

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Northam's £320,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Westward Ho!1.5 km, £290,000Appledore1.8 km, £290,000Bideford2.5 km, £227,750Fremington6.3 km, £320,000Braunton8.3 km, £370,000Croyde10.1 kmGreat Torrington10.9 km, £223,500Barnstaple11.4 km, £247,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Northam

What is it like to live in Northam?
Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 112 of the 148 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 149 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, 11.1 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 Northam?
Northam is covered by postcode district EX39, across 149 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Northam in?
Northam is in the Torridge council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Northam?
Northam 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 Northam?
Homes in Northam sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Northam?
In Northam, primary schools at its postcodes include St Margaret's Church of England Junior School and St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kingsley School Devon, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Northam have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northam is Barnstaple, 11.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Northam?
Ofcom reports on 148 of the 149 postcodes in Northam. At 112 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Northam at risk of flooding?
5 of the 149 postcodes in Northam 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 12 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 Northam?
3 of the 149 postcodes now in use in Northam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 101 homes sold in Northam 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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