EX31 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

987 of the district's 1,224 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 51.08534, -4.06921, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in EX31

Companies House lists 1,931 companies with a registered office in EX31; 368 of them at addresses 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 EX31

• Devon
• South West
• North Devon
• Barnstaple
• Fremington
• Bickington
• Yelland
• Chivenor
• Torridge
• Bratton Fleming
• Parracombe
• Ashford
• Lower Lovacott
• Shirwell Cross
• Yarnscombe
• St John's Chapel
• Heanton Punchardon
• Newton Tracey
• Muddlebridge
• Instow
• Prixford
• Blackmoor Gate
• Lake
• Tawstock

Roads filed under EX31

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.

• Abbey Road
• Adder Lane
• Alder Glade
• Allenstyle Close
• Allenstyle Drive
• Allenstyle Gardens
• Allenstyle Road
• Allenstyle View
• Allenstyle Way
• Almond Court
• Alscott Gardens
• Anchorwood View
• Andrew Road
• Anne Crescent
• Ashfield Close
• Ashfield Lane
• Ash Lane
• Aspen Grove
• Atlantic Court
• Babbages
• Ballards Crescent
• Ballards Grove
• Ballards Way
• Banfield Road
• Barlow Road
• Barn Park Road
• Baron Way
• Barracks Road
• Barton Lane
• Bartridge Hill
• Barum Ware Way
• Bayclose Lane
• Beach Park
• Beara Lane
• Beards Road
• Becklake Close
• Beech Close
• Beechfield Close
• Beechfield Road
• Beech Grove
• Beechwood Avenue
• Beechwood Close
• Belladown Hill
• Bellaire
• Bellaire Drive
• Benning Court
• Berry's Ground Lane
• Besshill Lane
• Bickfont Hill
• Bickington Lodge
• Bickington Road
• Birch Lane
• Blakeland Road
• Blakewell Close
• Bodley Lane
• Boulder Clay Way
• Boutport Street
• Bradiford
• Brake Wood Close
• Bramble Walk

Check an address in EX31

Check an address in EX31

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

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=EX31" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about EX31

What does an EX31 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the EX31 district of the EX (Exeter) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Barnstaple. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 987 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 EX31

• EX323.7 km
• EX338.1 km
• EX3412.8 km
• EX3714.3 km
• EX3914.6 km
• EX3816.8 km
• EX3620.4 km
• EX3522.9 km
• EX1923.6 km
• EX1824.0 km
• EX2132.6 km
• EX2235.4 km
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