EX17 3FD Mid Devon
Live postcode, introduced March 2011. Ward: Crediton Boniface. Region: South West.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Mid Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,656 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,771 | £2,066 | £2,361 | £2,656 | £3,247 | £3,837 | £4,427 | £5,313 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (45% of about 1,210 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- The Woods Group, Crediton, not permissioned (450 m)
- 47 Mill Street, Crediton, EX17 3AA, permissioned (480 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 12 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 13 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 13 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 55 addresses are between 34 m and 40 m above sea level (39 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 94%, ultrafast 88%, gigabit 88% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Crediton 187,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 240 m |
| Newton St Cyres 7,650 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km | |
| Yeoford 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 15 within 800 m; nearest Redlands/Tesco Crediton | 200 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Osprey Charging Station | 220 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 17.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 71.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Redlands Primary Care | 0 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Pharmacy At Redlands | 0 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Crediton Dental Care | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | Crediton Hospital | 2.4 km |
| Police station | Heavitree Road Police Station Exeter | 11.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 20 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,100 m² | 620 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 310 m² | 630 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 900 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,480 m² | 550 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Romano-British villa, Downes, near Crediton, a scheduled monument, 860 m east. 60 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Romano-British villa, Downes, near Crediton | Scheduled monument | 860 m east |
| Parish Church of the Holy Cross | Listed building, Grade I | 910 m north-west |
| Downes | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m east |
| Shobrooke Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Downes Head | Hill | 540 m north |
| Hookway Down Wood | Wood | 930 m south-east |
| Shippydown Wood | Wood | 1.1 km south |
| Fordton Down Copse | Wood | 1.2 km south |
| Two Acre Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km west |
| Shoebrooke Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 8 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 11 |
| Under 55 | 31 | 44 |
24 of the postcode's 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 11 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 60% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 9% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 14% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 81% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.