West Clyst
West Clyst is covered by postcode district EX1. It is in the East Devon council area, Devon.
Every postcode in West Clyst, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 0
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 0
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 50
Of the 50 postcodes in West Clyst that ONS places, 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. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.7475, longitude -3.4646. 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
What is it like to live in West Clyst?
Homes sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.9% on the 12 months before. At 45 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 50 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Westclyst Community Primary School, 150 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Pinhoe Surgery, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pinhoe, 1.1 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 West Clyst?
Homes in West Clyst sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 56 sales, up 9.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £345,875
- 12 months to August 2026
- £380,000
▲ up 9.9% on the 12 months before
Across the whole EX1 district, West Clyst's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in West Clyst: 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 West Clyst?
15 of the 50 postcodes now in use in West Clyst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 66 homes sold in West Clyst were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX1 district, 24%.
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 West Clyst | Across the EX1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 8 of 56 (14%) | 35 of 369 (9%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 13 of 66 (20%) | 123 of 519 (24%) |
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 West Clyst?
Ofcom reports on 49 of the 50 postcodes in West Clyst. At 45 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 West Clyst at risk of flooding?
None of the 50 postcodes in West Clyst is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
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 West Clyst?
There is no primary school at the postcodes in West Clyst; these are the nearest to its middle. 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
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 West Clyst?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in West Clyst is Pinhoe Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Pinhoe Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Cranbrook Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Polsloe Bridge Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
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 West Clyst?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in West Clyst. 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.
- Pinhoe Surgery1.2 km
- Whipton Surgery2.3 km
- Hill Barton Surgery2.9 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is West Clyst safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 596 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in West Clyst 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
- 39 September 2025
- 49 October 2025
- 30 November 2025
- 59 December 2025
- 43 January 2026
- 50 February 2026
- 43 March 2026
- 55 April 2026
- 52 May 2026
- 60 June 2026
- 61 July 2026
- 55 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 13, possession of weapons 12, drugs 10, bicycle theft 8, robbery 4, theft from the person 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 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 West Clyst?
- District, borough or city council
- East Devon
- County council
- Devon
- Parliamentary constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- David Reed (Conservative)
All 50 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 West Clyst
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 nearest GP practices
- 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
West Clyst postcodes
50 postcodes in use in West Clyst, by district:
That district is in the EX postcode area.
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Places near West Clyst
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside West Clyst's £380,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about West Clyst
- What is it like to live in West Clyst?
- Homes sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 9.9% on the 12 months before. At 45 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 50 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Westclyst Community Primary School, 150 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Pinhoe Surgery, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pinhoe, 1.1 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 West Clyst?
- West Clyst is covered by postcode district EX1, across 50 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is West Clyst in?
- West Clyst is in the East Devon council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for West Clyst?
- West Clyst is in the Exmouth and Exeter East parliamentary constituency. Its MP is David Reed (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in West Clyst?
- Homes in West Clyst sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 56 sales, up 9.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in West Clyst?
- In West Clyst, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Westclyst Community Primary School, 150 metres away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is St Luke's Church of England School, 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does West Clyst have a railway station?
- Yes: Pinhoe is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in West Clyst, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in West Clyst?
- Ofcom reports on 49 of the 50 postcodes in West Clyst. At 45 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is West Clyst at risk of flooding?
- None of the 50 postcodes in West Clyst is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in West Clyst?
- 15 of the 50 postcodes now in use in West Clyst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 66 homes sold in West Clyst were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX1 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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