EX5 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

1,149 of the district's 1,328 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 50.75588, -3.43338, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in EX5

Companies House lists 2,293 companies with a registered office in EX5; 182 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 EX5

• Devon
• South West
• East Devon
• Mid Devon
• Cranbrook
• Woodbury
• Broadclyst
• Whimple
• Silverton
• Bradninch
• Clyst St Mary
• Stoke Canon
• Thorverton
• Clyst Honiton
• Rockbeare
• Newton St Cyres
• Brampford Speke
• Woodbury Salterton
• Talaton
• Aylesbeare
• Rewe
• Sowton
• Hele
• Upton Pyne

Roads filed under EX5

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 Road
• Alford Pasture
• Allercombe Hill
• Allercombe Lane
• Alma Villa Rise
• Anning Road
• Applemede
• Apple Way
• Armourwood Lane
• Ashclyst View
• Babbage Way
• Babylon Lane
• Back Lane
• Badger Way
• Bagmore Hill
• Bailey Lane
• Barleycorn
• Barley Road
• Barling Walk
• Barn Orchard
• Barns Close
• Barton Close
• Batcombe Lane
• Bats Roost
• Bavent Close
• Beacon Hill
• Beacon Road
• Beare Lane
• Beare Square
• Beech Close
• Beeches Close
• Beech Road
• Best Park
• Bidwell Lane
• Birch End
• Birch Way
• Bishop's Court Road
• Blackhorse Lane
• Blackmore Road
• Blackthorn Lane
• Blind Lane
• Blindwell Crescent
• Bluehayes Lane
• Bogmoor Lane
• Bond's Lane
• Bonfire Lane
• Bowley Meadow
• Bramble Lane
• Bramble Mead
• Bramley Gardens
• Brent Close
• Bretteville Close
• Brickyard Road
• Bridge Close
• Bridge Lane
• Bridge View
• Broadlands
• Broadmead
• Broad Park
• Broad View

Check an address in EX5

Check an address in EX5

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

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=EX5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about EX5

What does an EX5 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the EX5 district of the EX (Exeter) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is East Devon. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 1,149 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 EX5

• EX15.4 km
• EX47.1 km
• EX27.8 km
• EX38.0 km
• EX1110.2 km
• EX814.2 km
• EX614.6 km
• EX1014.9 km
• EX1515.0 km
• EX915.0 km
• EX1418.2 km
• EX1619.0 km
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