Westward Ho!

Westward Ho! is covered by postcode district EX39. It is in the Torridge council area, Devon.

Typical price £290,000 Homes sold in Westward Ho!, last 12 months. ▼ 3.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 72 of 103 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 9 of 103 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 53 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School 1.4 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Westward Ho!, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Westward Ho!, by flood risk Of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho! that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Westward Ho!. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. EX39 1AA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AE: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AF: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1AQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1BL: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FL: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1FU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1GS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1GU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1GW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1GX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1GY: not on the flood risk listEX39 1GZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HE: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HY: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JB: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JS: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JU: not on the flood risk listEX39 1JX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LB: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LE: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LF: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1LY: not on the flood risk listEX39 1NA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1TZ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UL: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UR: not on the flood risk listEX39 1US: not on the flood risk listEX39 1UW: not on the flood risk listEX39 1WF: not on the flood risk listEX39 1WG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XA: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XB: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XD: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XE: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XF: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XG: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XH: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XJ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XL: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XN: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XP: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XQ: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XT: not on the flood risk listEX39 1XW: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FA: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FD: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FL: not on the flood risk listEX39 3FN: not on the flood risk listEX39 3PU: not on the flood risk listEX39 3PX: not on the flood risk listEX39 1HJ: very low flood risk onlyEX39 1SY: very low flood risk onlyEX39 1HD: low flood risk at worstEX39 1HL: low flood risk at worstEX39 1HG: medium flood risk at worstEX39 1HN: high flood riskEX39 1LH: high flood riskEX39 1LJ: high flood riskEX39 1LL: high flood risk Westward Ho! Map of every postcode in Westward Ho!, by flood risk Of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho! that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Westward Ho!. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Westward Ho!
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 94

Of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho! that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 94 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 51.0396, longitude -4.2350. 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 1LL22 at high riskEX39 1HN12 at high riskEX39 1LJ9 at high riskEX39 1LH6 at high risk

What is it like to live in Westward Ho!?

Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 72 of the 103 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 53 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 103 postcodes. The nearest school is St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Northam Surgery, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, 12.6 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 Westward Ho!?

Homes in Westward Ho! sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 57 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£290,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£299,500
12 months to August 2026
£290,000

▼ down 3.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£407,500 24 sales
Semi-detached£282,500 10 sales
Terraced£266,000 12 sales
Flat or maisonette£142,000 11 sales

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Westward Ho!: 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 Westward Ho!?

5 of the 103 postcodes now in use in Westward Ho! came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 95 homes sold in Westward Ho! were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the EX39 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

EX39 1WFsince October 2022EX39 1WGsince September 2022EX39 1FTsince July 2022EX39 1FUsince July 2022EX39 1GSsince May 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 Westward Ho!Across the EX39 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 57 (0%) 26 of 478 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 6 of 95 (6%) 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 Westward Ho!?

Ofcom reports on 103 of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho!. At 72 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit72 of 103
Postcodes where every home can get superfast100 of 103

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Westward Ho! at risk of flooding?

9 of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho! 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 53 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 103 postcodes High: 49Medium: 4Low: 18Very low: 31

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 Westward Ho!?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Westward Ho!; 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

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 Westward Ho!?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Westward Ho! is Barnstaple Rail Station, 12.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Barnstaple Rail Station Railway station 12.6 kmDrive
  • Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station Railway station 14.9 kmDrive
  • Umberleigh Rail Station Railway station 18.3 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 Westward Ho!?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Westward Ho!. 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 Westward Ho! safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 410 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Westward Ho! 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. 30 September 2025
  2. 33 October 2025
  3. 29 November 2025
  4. 24 December 2025
  5. 26 January 2026
  6. 25 February 2026
  7. 30 March 2026
  8. 56 April 2026
  9. 51 May 2026
  10. 46 June 2026
  11. 27 July 2026
  12. 33 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences225 reports
Anti-social behaviour56 reports
Criminal damage and arson40 reports
Other theft21 reports
Public order16 reports
Shoplifting14 reports
Burglary11 reports
Vehicle crime10 reports

Also: other crime 6, drugs 5, theft from the person 2, robbery 2, 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 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 Westward Ho!?

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 103 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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Westward Ho! postcodes

103 postcodes in use in Westward Ho!, by district:

EX39 postcode district,103 postcodes

That district is in the EX postcode area.

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Places near Westward Ho!

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Westward Ho!'s £290,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Northam1.5 km, £320,000Bideford3.0 km, £227,750Appledore3.1 km, £290,000Fremington7.6 km, £320,000Braunton9.1 km, £370,000Croyde10.1 kmGreat Torrington11.7 km, £223,500Barnstaple12.9 km, £247,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Westward Ho!

What is it like to live in Westward Ho!?
Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 72 of the 103 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 53 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 103 postcodes. The nearest school is St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School, 1.4 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Northam Surgery, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, 12.6 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 Westward Ho!?
Westward Ho! is covered by postcode district EX39, across 103 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Westward Ho! in?
Westward Ho! is in the Torridge council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Westward Ho!?
Westward Ho! 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 Westward Ho!?
Homes in Westward Ho! sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 57 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Westward Ho!?
In Westward Ho!, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School, 1.4 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kingsley School Devon, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Westward Ho! have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Westward Ho! is Barnstaple, 12.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Westward Ho!?
Ofcom reports on 103 of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho!. At 72 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Westward Ho! at risk of flooding?
9 of the 103 postcodes in Westward Ho! 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 53 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 Westward Ho!?
5 of the 103 postcodes now in use in Westward Ho! came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 95 homes sold in Westward Ho! were newly built (6%), 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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