Bickington

10°CCloudy

• Today: 16° / 9° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:46

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

49 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Shoplifting8
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Instow, Fremington & Bickington · Devon And Cornwall

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

165 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

245 food businesses within 2 miles

• 205 rated 4–5 ★ (182 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnstaple (2.4 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£281,532 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across North Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£845 average monthly rent▼ 0.1% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £777
• 3 bed £963

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 160.7p · Asda (2.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.7p · Asda (2.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Optimum Heating Ltd (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds9

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 123 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

94.9% granted · 187 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% 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

15% low-carbon electricity

Gas 85% · Solar 14% · Wind 2%

334 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.1 yrs 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:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership423 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s342 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers188 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide

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

• 
  North Devon Crematorium · 1.6 km

  The North Devon Crematorium is located on Old Torrington Road in Barnstaple and is the only crematorium in North Devon. It is operated by North Devon Council and has the largest crematorium chapel in England, Wales an…

• Combrew · 1.6 km

  Combrew is a hamlet in Devon, England. It is near the town of Barnstaple.

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  Fremington Local Nature Reserve · 1.8 km

  Fremington Local Nature Reserve is a Local Nature Reserve situated between Bideford and Barnstaple in North Devon. The Local Nature Reserve was designated in 2006. The reserve comprises two separate areas: Lovell's Fi…

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  Fremington railway station · 1.8 km

  Fremington railway station served the village of Fremington, Devon, England, from 1855 to 1965 on the Bideford Extension Railway. Located at Fremington Quay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the centre of the village.

• Fresh FM (Petroc) · 1.9 km

  Fresh FM is a student-run radio station based at the Barnstaple campus of Petroc, a further education college in North Devon, England. It broadcasts on 87.7 MHz FM across the college campus between the hours of 8:30 a…

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  Church of St Peter, Fremington · 1.9 km

  The Church of St Peter is the Anglican parish church for Fremington, now a suburb of nearby Barnstaple but at one time a separate village. There has been a church on the site since at least 1268 with the present struc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)