Ottery St Mary
Ottery St Mary is covered by postcode district EX11. It is in the East Devon council area, Devon.
Every postcode in Ottery St Mary, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 31
- At medium risk at worst: 7
- At low risk at worst: 8
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 131
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 177 postcodes in Ottery St Mary that ONS places, 31 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 131 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 50.7514, longitude -3.2788. 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
31 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.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX11 1BW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX11 1NR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. EX11 1GX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Ottery St Mary?
Homes sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 114 of the 173 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 346 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 177 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Feniton, 4.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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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 Ottery St Mary?
Homes in Ottery St Mary sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 90 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £315,000 from 101 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £460,000 29 sales
- Semi-detached £294,750 30 sales
- Terraced £210,000 30 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 EX11 district, Ottery St Mary's main postcode district: a typical £350,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ottery St Mary: 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 Ottery St Mary?
7 of the 177 postcodes now in use in Ottery St Mary came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 101 homes sold in Ottery St Mary were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX11 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Ottery St Mary | Across the EX11 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 90 (0%) | 0 of 122 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 101 (0%) | 6 of 164 (4%) |
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 Ottery St Mary?
Ofcom reports on 173 of the 177 postcodes in Ottery St Mary. At 114 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 Ottery St Mary at risk of flooding?
46 of the 177 postcodes in Ottery St Mary 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 346 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 Ottery St Mary?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ottery St Mary. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
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 Ottery St Mary?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ottery St Mary is Feniton Rail Station, 4.0 km away in a straight line.
- Feniton Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
- Whimple Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
- Honiton Rail Station Railway station 8.2 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 Ottery St Mary?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ottery St Mary. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Coleridge Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2025 · Phone 01404 814447 350 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ottery St Mary safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 252 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ottery St Mary 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
- 15 September 2025
- 19 October 2025
- 25 November 2025
- 28 December 2025
- 20 January 2026
- 20 February 2026
- 16 March 2026
- 19 April 2026
- 29 May 2026
- 29 June 2026
- 17 July 2026
- 15 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 7, bicycle theft 3, other crime 3, possession of weapons 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 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 Ottery St Mary?
- District, borough or city council
- East Devon
- County council
- Devon
- Parliamentary constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat)
All 177 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Ottery St Mary
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell East Devon about council tax Council tax, on eastdevon.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ottery St Mary
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Ottery St Mary postcodes
177 postcodes in use in Ottery St Mary, by district:
That district is in the EX postcode area.
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Places near Ottery St Mary
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ottery St Mary's £300,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Ottery St Mary
- What is the postcode for Ottery St Mary?
- Postcode district EX11, with 177 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Ottery St Mary in?
- East Devon, with Devon as its county council. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Ottery St Mary?
- Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat), for Honiton and Sidmouth. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Ottery St Mary?
- A typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 90 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Ottery St Mary?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Ottery St Mary Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The King's School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Ottery St Mary have a railway station?
- The nearest is Feniton station, 4.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Ottery St Mary?
- Ofcom reports on 173 of the 177 postcodes in Ottery St Mary. At 114 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Ottery St Mary at risk of flooding?
- 46 of the 177 postcodes in Ottery St Mary 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 346 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Ottery St Mary?
- 7 of the 177 postcodes now in use in Ottery St Mary came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 101 homes sold in Ottery St Mary were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX11 district, 4%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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