The UK Postcode Database

EX39 5BS

a postcode in Devon

Introduced in October 2008
EX39 5BS Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with EX39 5BS

Unnamed road - 27 properties, USRN 40904787

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9397 / 50°56'22"N

Longitude: -4.3971 / 4°23'49"W

UTM Reference: 30U 401842 5644043

OS Easting: 231683

OS Northing: 118316

OS Grid: SS316183

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR K8.P3X0

Mapcode Global: FRA 16PM.DSF

Open Location Code: 9C2QWJQ3+V5

Maidenhead Locator System: IO70tw25

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: F2

  • rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
  • a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in sparsely inhabited countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 11487 / 32844

  • 4th decile
  • somewhat more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for EX39 5BS on Friday 10 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 03:26
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 04:31
Sunrise 05:15
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:23
Sunset 21:30
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:14
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:19
Hours of daylight today04:45 to 22:00
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:00 to 04:46
Moon Phase Waning Crescent
Moon Rises 00:06
Moon sets 17:03

For a full sun and moon calendar for EX39 5BS, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in EX39 5BS

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
4 April 2022 Plot Fl12, Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Other property type Freehold £125,000
3 November 2021 17 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Other property type Freehold £125,000
27 August 2021 3 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £170,750
11 December 2020 15 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Other property type Freehold £75,000
16 October 2020 5 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £97,000
12 March 2020 7 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £304,000
5 February 2018 10 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Other property type Freehold £210,000
3 November 2009 8 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £295,000
21 January 2008 10 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £60,000
11 June 2007 1 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £60,000
27 October 2006 6 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £60,000
25 August 2006 5 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Terraced (including end-of-terrace) Freehold £60,000
23 March 2004 7 Forest Lakes, Woolsery, Bideford EX39 5BS Detached Freehold £176,250

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for EX39 5BS

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Torridge and Tavistock

MP

Geoffrey Cox Conservative

Devon County Council
County council electoral division

Bideford West & Hartland

Councillor

Robin Julian Reform UK

Torridge District Council
District council ward

Hartland

Councillors

Shirleyann Andrews Liberal Democrats

Stephen Harding Conservative

Anna Dart Independent

EX39 5BS also falls within the Civil Parish of Woolfardisworthy, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for EX39 5BS

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00102772 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01020288 Torridge 005A Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02004224 Torridge 005 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04003301 Woolfardisworthy Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05011923 Hartland Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 2 May 2019 DLUHC
E07000046 Torridge Non-metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E10000008 Devon Counties Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000009 South West Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001552 Torridge and Tavistock Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000035 Devon and Cornwall Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000167 Bideford Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33049269 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000016 Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 31 March 2011 BEIS
E38000230 NHS Devon CCG Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E40000006 South West NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2018 ODS
E54000037 Devon Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2016 NHS
E56000014 Peninsula Cancer Alliances Health 1 September 2016 NHS England
E58000261 Bideford West & Hartland ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

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