Buckland Monachorum

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 7° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:47

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 4.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Bere Peninsula · Devon And Cornwall

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

118 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bere Alston (5.0 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,921 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£846 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £603
• 2 bed £771
• 3 bed £952

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

826 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: 158.9p · Esso (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Cider House Luxury Bed and Breakfast (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,865
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,226
• Net moves+639

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 117 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 27,470)

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

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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 (Buckland Monachorum)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

85 applications decided

82.4% granted · 70 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Smith

Conservative

South West Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 10
• LD 6
• Grn 3
• Oth 11

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,575 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£662 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,196 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,821 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 76% · Solar 18% · Wind 7%

298 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in PL20

• Yelverton Surgery
• Hmp Dartmoor

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Devon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks333 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND277 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases227 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth226 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills193 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Buckland Monachorum · 0.1 km

  Buckland Monachorum is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England, situated on the River Tavy, about 10 miles north of Plymouth.

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  St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum · 0.1 km

  St Andrew's Church, Buckland Monachorum is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Buckland Monachorum, Devon.

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  The Garden House · 0.6 km

  The Garden House is an open garden located in Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England. The first house built in 1305 was intended to be a home for the vicars of the civil parish.

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  Crapstone · 1.5 km

  Crapstone is a village in the county of Devon. The village is located on the edge of Dartmoor, in the parish of Buckland Monachorum and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Yelverton, 9 miles (14 km) f…

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  Buckland Abbey · 1.6 km

  Buckland Abbey is a Grade I listed 700-year-old house in Buckland Monachorum, near Yelverton, Devon, England, noted for its connection with Sir Richard Grenville the Younger and Sir Francis Drake. It is owned by the N…

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  Berra Tor · 1.7 km

  Berra Tor is a granite tor on the south western edge of Dartmoor. It is only 132 metres above sea level so is one of the lowest tors on Dartmoor. It is quite isolated and hidden from everywhere else and is generally q…

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