EX2 9DZ Exeter
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Alphington. Region: South West.
Streets
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 C (34% of about 650 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
- Land at Taunton Close, Exeter: up to 5 homes (40 m)
- St Andrews Yard, Willeys Avenue, Exeter, EX2 8EP: up to 9 homes, permissioned (730 m)
- Alphin House, Mill Lane Alphington, Exeter, EX2 8SG: up to 22 homes, permissioned (790 m)
- Marsh Barton, Exeter: up to 1,880 homes (850 m)
- Water Lane, Exeter: up to 2,202 homes (930 m)
- Isca Motors, Water Lane, Exeter, EX2 8BY: up to 6 homes, permissioned (950 m)
- Exe Bridges Retail Park, Exeter, EX4 1AH: up to 201 homes (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 19 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 19 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 19 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 8 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% 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 | 950 m |
| Marsh Barton 109,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Exeter Central 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Stone Lane Retail Park Marsh Barton | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Exeter City Centre | 2.3 km |
| Ferry terminal | Topsham Lock Ferry Landing Exminster | 5.8 km |
| Car parks | Haven Banks coach parking | 930 m |
| EV charging points | 11 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 140 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 9.4 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 77.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St Thomas Medical Group | 720 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Luxtons The Pharmacy | 720 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St Thomas Dental Practice | 840 m |
| Hospital | Franklyn Community Hospital | 750 m |
| Police station | Exeter Volunteer Police Cadets | 2.3 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 810 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Pinces Gardens 1.4 ha | 220 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,410 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Cowick Barton Playing Field 9.9 ha | 90 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 170 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 1.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cowick Barton, a listed building (Grade II*), 440 m west. 55 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cowick Barton | Listed building, Grade II* | 440 m west |
| Church of St Thomas the Apostle | Listed building, Grade I | 800 m north |
| Bowhill | Listed building, Grade I | 880 m north-west |
| Ide Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km west |
| The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north |
| Little John's Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km west |
| Larkbeare House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km north-east |
| St Bartholomew's Cemetery, Exeter | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.6 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Hill | Hill | 1.0 km west |
| Salmon Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km east |
| Duck's Marsh | Wetland | 1.8 km east |
| Eastdown Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km north-west |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south-east |
| Peamore Wood | Wood | 2.5 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 21 | 21 |
None of the postcode's 21 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 34% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 55% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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.