Appledore (Torridge)

18°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 20° / 12° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:40

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Other theft4
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Westward Ho!, Northam & Appledore, Hartland Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

105 reported road collisions (2024)

16 killed or seriously injured · 140 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

105 food businesses within 2 miles

• 87 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£260,783 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Torridge · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£788 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £564
• 2 bed £738
• 3 bed £906

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.2 times median annual pay (8.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 161.7p · Asda (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (9.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Churchfields Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

68,113 residents in Torridge · 69/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 67 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,601 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (24% of 34,600)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

36 schools · 8,421 pupils

28 primary · 4 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 11 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

33inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Torridge

832 CQC-registered services

• Care homes310
• GP practices118
• Dentists158
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• Not in the Green Belt
• 161 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

123 applications decided

89.4% granted · 110 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Geoffrey Cox

Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Lab 2
• Con 5
• LD 12
• Grn 4
• Oth 13

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£684 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,212 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,447 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

78% low-carbon electricity

Solar 47% · Wind 27% · Gas 16% · Imports 7%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday8.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in EX39

• Northam Surgery
• Bideford Medical Centre
• Wooda Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership461 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects369 local signatures · 14,312 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases324 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Appledore, Torridge · 0.2 km

  Appledore is a village at the mouth of the River Torridge, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Barnstaple and about 3 miles (5 km) north of Bideford in the county Devon, England. It is the home of Appledore Shipbuilders, a…

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  North Devon Maritime Museum · 0.2 km

  The North Devon Maritime Museum is a museum situated in the estuary town of Appledore, Devon, England. Housed in Odun House, a Georgian Grade II listed building which has been the home of several ship owners and maste…

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  Appledore F.C. · 0.5 km

  Appledore Football Club is a football club based in Appledore, Devon, England. They are currently members of the Devon League and play at Marshford.

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  St Mary's Church, Appledore · 0.5 km

  St Mary's Church is the parish church of Appledore. It sits on the Quay overlooking the River Torridge. The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1836, the church being dedicated two years later. The sailing ship…

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  Appledore railway station (Devon) · 0.6 km

  Appledore railway station was a railway station in north Devon, situated close to the village of Appledore, a community lying on the peninsula formed by the sea, the River Torridge, and the River Taw.

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  Lovers' Lane Halt railway station · 0.6 km

  Lovers' Lane Halt railway station was a minor railway station or halt in north Devon close to the town of Appledore, a community lying on the peninsula formed by the sea, the River Torridge, and the River Taw.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)