Barnstaple

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:43

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 4.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

275 reported · August 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences101
• Shoplifting56
• Anti-social behaviour48
• Criminal damage & arson20

6 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Barnstaple Central Town · Devon And Cornwall

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

159 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

298 food businesses within 2 miles

• 248 rated 4–5 ★ (219 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnstaple (0.8 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£280,441 average▼ 4.2% YoY

Across North Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£846 average monthly rent▼ 0.3% YoY

• 1 bed £589
• 2 bed £778
• 3 bed £965

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,393 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (0.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Belle Meadow (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

98,611 residents in North Devon · 91/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,542
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,861
• Net moves+681

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 99 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,642 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 49,360)

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

59 schools · 14,390 pupils

47 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Devon

829 CQC-registered services

• Care homes309
• GP practices118
• Dentists156
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• In a conservation area (Barnstaple - Town Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 374 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

173 applications decided

96% granted · 166 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ian Roome

Liberal Democrat

North Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 7
• LD 24
• Grn 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés52

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

343 jobs advertised · £43,410 avg

e.g. Small Animal Veterinarian (Hiring Immediately), Level 3 Vehicle Mechanic/Technician (MOD), Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,005 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,031 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

370 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX31

• Chivenor Medical Centre
• Fremington Medical Centre
• Children'S Hospice South West

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones2,685 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks357 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND241 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers188 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately187 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Dodderidgian Library · 0.1 km

  The Dodderidgian Library was founded in 1667 in Barnstaple, North Devon, England, by Judith Dodderidge, third wife and widow of John Dodderidge (1610–1659) of Barnstaple and Bremridge, South Molton, MP. It represents…

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  North Devon · 0.1 km

  North Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based just outside Barnstaple, the district's largest town. The district also includes the towns of Ilfracombe, Lynton and Lynmouth and Sout…

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  Devon (district) · 0.1 km

  Devon is expected be a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It was planned to be formed on 1 April 2028, with elections to a shadow authority taking place in May 2027. The area was also n…

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  Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple · 0.1 km

  The Queen's Theatre is a theatre in Barnstaple, North Devon, England. It assumed its current form in 1993, but the history of theatre in Barnstaple can be traced back to at least 1435, when minstrels, players, juggler…

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  St Peter's Church, Barnstaple · 0.1 km

  St Peter's Church is the parish church of the town of Barnstaple in North Devon, England. Parts of the church date to the 13th-century with much restoration during the Victorian era by George Gilbert Scott and later b…

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  Barnstaple · 0.1 km

  Barnstaple is a town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)