EX2 8DA Exeter
Live postcode, introduced December 1998. Ward: St David's. Region: South West.
Streets
- Haven Road, Exeter: 14 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Exeter in 2026-27: Band D £2,495 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,664 | £1,941 | £2,218 | £2,495 | £3,050 | £3,604 | £4,159 | £4,991 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (45% of about 850 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- MALTHOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Isca Motors, Water Lane, Exeter, EX2 8BY: up to 6 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- Haven Banks, Water Lane, Exeter, EX2 8BY, pending decision (140 m)
- West Gate, Exeter: up to 200 homes (280 m)
- St Andrews Yard, Willeys Avenue, Exeter, EX2 8EP: up to 9 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Exe Bridges Retail Park, Exeter, EX4 1AH: up to 201 homes (310 m)
- Basements of 5 (A And B) and 6 New Bridge Street, Exeter, EX4 3JW: up to 9 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- 130 Fore Street (1st, upper 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors only), Exeter, EX4 3JQ: up to 13 homes, permissioned (410 m)
- Exeland House, Tudor Street, Exeter, EX4 3BR, pending decision (420 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 11 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 12 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 12 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Exeter St Thomas 329,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 390 m |
| Exeter Central 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km | |
| Exeter St David's 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 44 within 800 m; nearest Greenford Villas Haven Banks | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Exeter City Centre | 1.2 km |
| Ferry terminal | Topsham Lock Ferry Landing Exminster | 5.9 km |
| Car parks | 5 within 800 m; nearest Haven Banks 2 car park | 280 m |
| EV charging points | 15 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 30 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 8.6 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 76.8 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 43% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 28% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Haven Road.