EX21 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

284 of the district's 318 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 50.80549, -4.20790, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in EX21

Companies House lists 202 companies with a registered office in EX21; none of them at an address shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for EX21

• Devon
• South West
• Torridge
• West Devon
• Halwill Junction
• Shebbear
• Sheepwash
• Black Torrington
• Ashwater
• Highampton
• Germansweek
• Ashmill
• Higher Prestacott
• New Inn
• Halwill
• Beaworthy
• Eworthy
• Patchacott
• Blagaton
• Quoditch
• Henford
• Virginstow
• Beckett
• Buckland Filleigh

Roads filed under EX21

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Ackland Close
• Aish Park
• Back Lane
• Balleroy Close
• Barn Close
• Barn Park
• Barn Park Gardens
• Beeching Close
• Bendibus Hill
• Birchen Lane
• Bonfire Hill
• Bowhay Close
• Broad Street
• Burdon Lane
• Canna Park Drive
• Chilla Road
• Church Road
• College Road
• Dots Close
• East Street
• Firconia Terrace
• Halwill Meadow
• Haycross Hill
• Hayes Cross
• Holly Close
• Holywell Park
• Kneela Hill
• Langaford Lane
• Lime Court
• Longlands Cross
• Luke's Farm
• Luxton Close
• Manor Gardens
• Maytree Close
• Meadow Park
• Medley Close
• Mount Lane
• North Street
• Oakleaf Close
• Old Rectory Lane
• Pine View Close
• Pitt Hill
• South Street
• Squires' Lane
• Stags Wood Drive
• Station Fields
• Station High Road
• Station Road
• St Michaels View
• Stockleigh Lane
• The Maltings
• The Ride
• The Sidings
• Victoria Road
• West Road
• Woodlands
• A3079

Check an address in EX21

Check an address in EX21

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=EX21" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about EX21

What does an EX21 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the EX21 district of the EX (Exeter) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Torridge. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 284 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest EX21

• EX2211.5 km
• EX2014.6 km
• EX3815.9 km
• EX1916.4 km
• PL1618.2 km
• EX2322.9 km
• PL1523.4 km
• EX3923.5 km
• EX1824.9 km
• EX3726.2 km
• PL1928.0 km
• PL1832.3 km
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