EX39 1JS postcode in Westward Ho!, Devon

EX39 1JS is a postcode in Westward Ho!, in the Westward Ho! ward of Torridge. It is in the Torridge and Tavistock parliamentary constituency and the Devon & Cornwall police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Torridge: 60% Typical price £292,500 Homes sold in EX39 1, last 12 months. ▼ 5.6% on the year before Nearest station Barnstaple 13.4 km in a straight line

Where EX39 1JS is, and what is near it

Map of EX39 1JS and what is near it Map of EX39 1JS: its centre point, with the 333 other postcodes in the EX39 1 sector, 4 schools (4 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 1 bus stop. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. EX39 1AA: also in EX39 1EX39 1AD: also in EX39 1EX39 1AE: also in EX39 1EX39 1AF: also in EX39 1EX39 1AG: also in EX39 1EX39 1AQ: also in EX39 1EX39 1BL: also in EX39 1EX39 1FH: also in EX39 1EX39 1FL: also in EX39 1EX39 1FP: also in EX39 1EX39 1FS: also in EX39 1EX39 1GL: also in EX39 1EX39 1GW: also in EX39 1EX39 1GX: also in EX39 1EX39 1GY: also in EX39 1EX39 1GZ: also in EX39 1EX39 1HE: also in EX39 1EX39 1HS: also in EX39 1EX39 1HU: also in EX39 1EX39 1HX: also in EX39 1EX39 1HY: also in EX39 1EX39 1JA: also in EX39 1EX39 1JB: also in EX39 1EX39 1JR: also in EX39 1EX39 1JU: also in EX39 1EX39 1JX: also in EX39 1EX39 1LB: also in EX39 1EX39 1LD: also in EX39 1EX39 1LE: also in EX39 1EX39 1LF: also in EX39 1EX39 1LG: also in EX39 1EX39 1LH: also in EX39 1EX39 1LJ: also in EX39 1EX39 1LL: also in EX39 1EX39 1LN: also in EX39 1EX39 1LP: also in EX39 1EX39 1LQ: also in EX39 1EX39 1LT: also in EX39 1EX39 1NA: also in EX39 1EX39 1SY: also in EX39 1EX39 1TZ: also in EX39 1EX39 1UH: also in EX39 1EX39 1UL: also in EX39 1EX39 1UQ: also in EX39 1EX39 1XA: also in EX39 1EX39 1XB: also in EX39 1EX39 1XD: also in EX39 1EX39 1XE: also in EX39 1EX39 1XF: also in EX39 1EX39 1XG: also in EX39 1EX39 1XH: also in EX39 1EX39 1XJ: also in EX39 1EX39 1XL: also in EX39 1EX39 1XP: also in EX39 1EX39 1XQ: also in EX39 1EX39 1XT: also in EX39 1 Northam Surgery 2.2 km3 places, 2.2–13.4 km2 places, 2.8–3.4 kmChapelton (Devon) station 15.7 kmAppledore EX39 1JS Map of EX39 1JS and what is near it Map of EX39 1JS: its centre point, with the 333 other postcodes in the EX39 1 sector, 4 schools (4 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 1 bus stop. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 3 places, 2.2–13.4 kmWooda Surgery 4.0 kmAppledore EX39 1JS
  • EX39 1JS
  • Other postcodes in EX39 1: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 1 bus stop
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.0389, longitude -4.2464)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after EX39 1JS?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at EX39 1JS?

Every home and business at EX39 1JS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Torridge: 60%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Torridge: 87%

The line marks the figure across Torridge.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at EX39 1JS?

BinDayBuddy has not read Torridge District Council's days for EX39 1JS today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for EX39 1JS on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is EX39 1JS at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include EX39 1JS.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Torridge

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for EX39 1JS: 656 properties in Torridge are at high risk (1.2% of all its properties). All the figures for Torridge

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of EX39 1JS is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near EX39 1JS?

Homes in EX39 1 sold for a typical £292,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 125 sales, down 5.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£292,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£310,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £412,475 54 sales
  • Semi-detached £275,000 12 sales
  • Terraced £261,500 44 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £151,000 15 sales

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

Across the whole EX39 district: a typical £265,000 from 478 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in EX39 1JS

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in EX39 1JS from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at EX39 1JS

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at EX39 1JS. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near EX39 1JS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,040 homes in the neighbourhood around EX39 1JS. The largest share of them, 29%, are in council tax band C. More were built in 2020 or later than in any other period (31%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around EX39 1JS

Band D in Torridge for 2026‑27: £2,601. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,734 (band A) to £4,336 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,312.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 160 (15%)£1,734
Band Babout 70 (7%)£2,023
Band Cabout 300 (29%)£2,312
Band Dabout 170 (16%)£2,601
Band Eabout 240 (23%)£3,180
Band Fabout 80 (8%)£3,758
Band Gabout 20 (2%)£4,336
Band Hfewer than 5£5,203

When the homes were built

  1. 5% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. Withheld 1919 to 1939
  4. 7% 1945 to 1964
  5. 9% 1965 to 1982
  6. 16% 1983 to 1999
  7. 17% 2000 to 2009
  8. 16% 2010 to 2019
  9. 31% 2020 or later

Averages for Torridge before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of EX39 1JS is in (ONS area E01034641), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near EX39 1JS?

The nearest open schools to EX39 1JS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near EX39 1JS, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to EX39 1JS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of EX39 1JS is Barnstaple Rail Station, 13.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Barnstaple Rail Station Railway station 13.4 kmDrive
  • Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station Railway station 15.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

1 bus stop within 400 metres, the nearest Gainsborough Drive, 398 m away.

More stations near EX39 1JS, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near EX39 1JS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of EX39 1JS, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near EX39 1JS?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of EX39 1JS on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near EX39 1JS?

The nearest to the centre of EX39 1JS, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to EX39 1JS?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near EX39 1JS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of EX39 1JS, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Golden Sands Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01237 477730 550 mWalk
  • Beachfield Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01237 470005 700 mWalk
  • Bluebell House Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01237 475001 1.1 kmWalk

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near EX39 1JS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of EX39 1JS, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near EX39 1JS?

The nearest vets to the centre of EX39 1JS on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is EX39 1JS in a conservation area?

The centre of EX39 1JS is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near EX39 1JS?

Police.uk records 28 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of EX39 1JS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences18 reports
Other theft3 reports
Anti-social behaviour2 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports
Public order1 report
Criminal damage and arson1 report

Also: other crime 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for EX39 1JS

Ward
Westward Ho!
Parish
Northam
Region
South West
Country
England
Built-up area
Westward Ho!
Rural or urban
Urban, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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EX39 1JU140 mEX39 1FP150 mEX39 1GZ170 mEX39 1TZ190 mEX39 1XJ220 mEX39 1JX220 m
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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