EX23 postcode district
EX23, in the EX (Exeter) postcode area, has 701 live and 148 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 309 roads under it.
| postcode area | EX (Exeter) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 701 |
| terminated postcodes | 148 |
| sectors | 4 |
| roads listed | 309 |
| companies registered | 900 |
| centroid | 50.82423, -4.53232 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
701 of the district's 849 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 50.82423, -4.53232, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| EX23 0 | 178 | 33 |
| EX23 3 | 2 | 25 |
| EX23 8 | 274 | 59 |
| EX23 9 | 247 | 31 |
Companies registered in EX23
Companies House lists 900 companies with a registered office in EX23; 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 EX23
- South West
- Cornwall
- Bude
- Stratton
- Kilkhampton
- Marhamchurch
- Poughill
- Middle Crackington
- Widemouth Bay
- Shop
- Wainhouse Corner
- Lynstone
- Grimscott
- Woodford
- Poundstock
- Higher Crackington
- Jacobstow
- Treskinnick Cross
- Torridge
- Devon
- Crackington Haven
- Bush
- Upton
- Gooseham
Roads filed under EX23
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.
- Acland Close
- Agnes Close
- Aldercombe Lane
- Alford Close
- Anthony Close
- Apple Blossom Way
- Arundel Terrace
- Ashton Walk
- Atlantic Close
- Atlantic View Road
- Bagbury Road
- Baileys Field
- Bangors Estate
- Barn Close
- Barnfield Park
- Bartlett Avenue
- Bay Tree Mews
- Bay Tree Orchard
- Bede Haven Close
- Belle Vue
- Belle Vue Avenue
- Belle Vue Lane
- Bencoolen Road
- Bentley Drive
- Berkeley Close
- Berries Avenue
- Binhamy Close
- Binhamy Road
- Bittern Close
- Blackberry Lane
- Blanchminster Road
- Boundary Drive
- Bow Lane
- Bramble Close
- Bramble Hill
- Bramble Lane
- Brandon Walk
- Breakwater Road
- Briar Road
- Bridge Street
- Brimble Close
- Broadclose Hill
- Brook Drive
- Broomhill Lane
- Bulleid Way
- Burgess Close
- Burn View
- Buttercup Field
- Cambeak Close
- Camellia Close
- Cameron Close
- Carteret Road
- Casebourne Mews
- Catherine Close
- Catkin Close
- Cedar Grove
- Chapel Street
- Cherrill Gardens
- Chough Close
- Church Lane
all 309 roads
- Church Park Road
- Church Path
- Church Street
- Clear Space
- Cleave Crescent
- Clinton Close
- Combe Lane
- Coombe Court
- Cormorant Close
- Corner Gardens
- Cory Close
- Cot Hill
- County Road
- Creathorne Road
- Crescent Close
- Cricket Park
- Crooklets
- Crooklets Road
- Cross Lanes
- Curlew Road
- Darracott Hill
- Derow Drive
- Diddies Lane
- Diddies Road
- Dipper Close
- Dipper Lane
- Downs View
- Dreys Road
- Durston Road
- East Fairholme Road
- East Park Close
- East Road
- Edgar Road
- Elizabeth Road
- Elm Drive
- Elmlea
- Endsleigh Park
- Ergue-Gaberic Way
- Fairfield Road
- Fenten Close
- Flexbury Avenue
- Flexbury Mews
- Flexbury Park
- Flexbury Park Road
- Fore Street
- Fosters Way
- Foxglove Crescent
- Fulmar Road
- Furze Gardens
- Gibralter Square
- Goldfinch Close
- Goldsworthy Drive
- Golf House Road
- Granville Court
- Granville Terrace
- Grenville Close
- Grenville Park
- Grimscott Estate
- Gurney Close
- Hallett Way
- Hartland Terrace
- Haven Road
- Hawkers Court
- Hawkers Drive
- Hawthorn Avenue
- Hawthorn Close
- Helebridge Road
- Hele Road
- Helscott Road
- Hilton Road
- Hobbacott Close
- Hobbacott Lane
- Hobbacott Rise
- Hollabury Road
- Holly Tree Gardens
- Holnicote Road
- Home Park
- Honeysuckle Way
- Hopton Close
- Hospital Road
- Howard Lane
- Howards Way
- Howell's Road
- Jubilee Close
- Kelinan Road
- Kenwyn Close
- Kernow Crescent
- Killerton Road
- King's Hill
- Kings Hill Close
- Kings Hill Meadow
- King Street
- Kittiwake Court
- Knot Court
- Kollen Drive
- Langfield Gardens
- Lansdown Close
- Lansdown Road
- Lapwing Row
- Lea Way
- Leverlake Road
- Links View
- Long-a-Row Close
- Longpark Drive
- Longwool Meadow
- Lord Meadow
- Lovers Lane
- Lundy Drive
- Lynstone Road
- Madeira Drive
- Maer Down Road
- Maer Lane
- Maiden Street
- Manor Close
- Manor Road
- Manor View
- Marine Drive
- Market Street
- Meadow Drive
- Melliars Way
- Middle Park Road
- Mill Ball Hill
- Minster Avenue
- Monterey Close
- Morwenna Park
- Morwenna Road
- New Road
- North Close
- Northcott Mouth Road
- Ocean View Road
- Old Canal Close
- Old Drovers Way
- Old Orchard Close
- Old Post Office Hill
- Orchard Close
- Orchard Rise
- Orchid Avenue
- Paddock Brow
- Parc Fer Close
- Pathfields
- Penfound Gardens
- Penkenna Close
- Penstowe Road
- Perrily Mount
- Petherick Road
- Pickard Way
- Pinch Hill
- Pintail Close
- Pipit Row
- Plover Way
- Pomarine Close
- Poughill Road
- Poundfield Close
- Poundfield Hill
- Poundfield Lane
- Priestacott Park
- Primrose Bank
- Primrose Road
- Princes Street
- Puffin Close
- Quarry Close
- Queen Street
- Reden Road
- Redshank Walk
- Redwood Close
- Redwood Grove
- Rosecott Park
- Sanctuary Lane
- Sanderling Close
- Sandpiper Road
- Sargents Meadow
- School Lane
- Sea View Close
- Seawell Road
- Sharlands Road
- Shearwater Drive
- Shellduck Close
- Shorelark Way
- Silverton Close
- Silverton Road
- Smallridge Lane
- Southcott Meadows
- Southfield Road
- Speedwell Close
- Spicers Lane
- Stamford Hill
- St Andrew's Road
- St Ann's Hill
- Stapleton Road
- St Martins Road
- St Marwenne Close
- St Michael's Road
- St Olaf's Road
- Stone Hill
- St Peters Road
- Strafford Close
- Stratton Footpath
- Stratton Road
- Stucley Road
- Summerleaze Avenue
- Summerleaze Crescent
- Swallow Close
- Tamar Close
- Tern Grove
- The Crescent
- The Leat
- The Ridgeway
- The Rowans
- The Square
- The Strand
- Traly Close
- Trebarfoote Close
- Tregaskes Parc
- Tregenna Close
- Trelawney Avenue
- Treleven Road
- Trevella Road
- Treworden Close
- Turnstone Way
- Underlane
- Union Hill
- Upton Green
- Upton Meadows
- Valley Road
- Vicarage Lane
- Vicarage Road
- Victoria Road
- Village Farm Close
- Wagtail Close
- Ward Close
- Warwick Road
- Went Worth Close
- West Beckon Close
- Westby Road
- West Fairholme Road
- Westland Close
- West Park Road
- West Street
- Whalesborough Parc
- Whitecroft Way
- Wigeon Road
- William Edwards Close
- Willow Way
- Woodfield Road
- Woodley Close
- Woodville Road
- A39
- A3072
- A3073
Check an address in EX23
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=EX23" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about EX23
- What does an EX23 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the EX23 district of the EX (Exeter) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Bude. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 701 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 EX23
- EX2211.5 km
- PL3518.9 km
- EX2122.9 km
- PL3223.1 km
- PL1523.3 km
- PL3423.6 km
- PL3326.5 km
- PL1627.3 km
- EX3929.3 km
- EX3829.8 km
- PL2933.7 km
- EX2037.0 km
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