Bigbury-on-Sea

15°CCloudy

• Today: 19° / 14° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:40

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 400% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Kingsbridge Rural West · Devon And Cornwall

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

146 reported road collisions (2024)

33 killed or seriously injured · 183 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,571 average▼ 6.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,009 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £735
• 2 bed £918
• 3 bed £1,135

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

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (7.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Burgh Island Hotel (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 219 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 47,850)

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

56 schools · 11,740 pupils

40 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Hams

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
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

236 applications decided

94.1% granted · 222 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 7
• LD 19
• Grn 3
• Oth 1

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

• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,965 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £29,000 avg

e.g. Chef de Partie, Breakfast Chef

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,368 disposable income per head (2024)

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

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,991 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 6%

373 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.1
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in TQ7

• Norton Brook Medical Centre
• Chillington Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership627 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks441 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office332 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership328 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s251 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Bigbury-on-Sea · 0.1 km

  Bigbury-on-Sea is a village in the South Hams district on the south coast of Devon, England. It is part of the civil parish of Bigbury which is centred on a small village of that name about a mile inland. At the 2021…

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  Burgh Island Hotel · 0.6 km

  The Burgh Island Hotel is a hotel on Burgh Island, Devon in England.

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  River Avon, Devon · 0.6 km

  The River Avon, also known as the River Aune, is a river in the county of Devon in the southwest of England. It rises in the southern half of Dartmoor National Park in an area of bog to the west of Ryder's Hill. Close…

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  Challaborough · 0.6 km

  Challaborough is a village and popular surfing beach in the District of South Hams on the south coast of Devon, England. The village is in the parish of Ringmore, though the eastern part of the small bay and beach lie…

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  Burgh Island · 0.7 km

  Burgh Island is a tidal island on the coast of South Devon in England near the small seaside village Bigbury-on-Sea. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel. The ot…

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  Ringmore · 1.5 km

  Ringmore is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district, on the coast of Devon, England. The population taken at the 2011 census was 208.

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