EX4 2DQ Exeter
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Exwick. Region: South West.
Streets
- Winchester Avenue, Exeter: 12 addresses
- Coventry Road, Exeter: 1 address
- Rowan Way, Exeter: 1 address
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 (56% of about 630 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
- Red Cow, Exeter: up to 442 homes (670 m)
- 99 Howell Road, Exeter, EX4 4JU: up to 6 homes (920 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 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 14 addresses are between 18 m and 26 m above sea level (21 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 82%, gigabit 82% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Exeter St David's 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 590 m |
| Exeter Central 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km | |
| Exeter St Thomas 329,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 53 within 800 m; nearest Lower Winchester Avenue Exwick | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Exeter City Centre | 1.9 km |
| Ferry terminal | Topsham Lock Ferry Landing Exminster | 7.5 km |
| Car parks | Richmond road car park | 950 m |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 320 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 9.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 75.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Foxhayes Practice | 80 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Exwick Pharmacy | 320 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Contemporary Dental | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Franklyn Community Hospital | 1.6 km |
| Police station | Exeter Volunteer Police Cadets | 2.3 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Southern Co-Operative Exeter Buddle Lane, Exwick Cashzone | 670 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,310 m² | 550 m |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 860 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 13 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.8 ha | 620 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cleve House, a listed building (Grade II*), 530 m west. 64 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cleve House | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m west |
| Church of St Andrew | Listed building, Grade II* | 620 m north |
| Imperial Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m north-east |
| Church of St David | Listed building, Grade I | 870 m east |
| St Bartholomew's Cemetery, Exeter | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.1 km south-east |
| St Nicholas' Priory | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south-east |
| The medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church, and medieval tenement remains, lying between the River Exe and Frog Street | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-east |
| Danes Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km east |
| Northernhay and Rougemont Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Barley Wood | Wood | 1.3 km west |
| Grassway Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km north-east |
| Constitutional Hill | Hill | 1.9 km south |
| Salmon Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km south-east |
| Duck's Marsh | Wetland | 3.3 km south-east |
| Cleave Bottom | Valley | 3.9 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 14 |
2 of the postcode's 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 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 | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Winchester Avenue.