Chilsworthy (Torridge)

16°CSunny

• Today: 16° / 11° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:47

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

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)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 165.9p · Morrisons (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (10.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Greenfield Engineering Sheet Metal (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds2

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
• 1 listed building 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)

• Parks & greens1

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

68% low-carbon electricity

Solar 63% · Gas 28% · Imports 4% · Wind 4%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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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  Chilsworthy, Devon · 0.1 km

  Chilsworthy is a village in the civil parish of Holsworthy Hamlets, in the Torridge district, in the county of Devon, England. The village located about 3 km north west of Holsworthy, it is home to a late-19th century…

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  Holsworthy · 2.5 km

  Holsworthy is a market town and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England, 36 miles (58 km) west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the parish, which…

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  Holsworthy A.F.C. · 2.6 km

  Holsworthy Association Football Club is a football club based in Holsworthy, Devon, England. They play in the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West.

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  Holsworthy Community College · 2.6 km

  Holsworthy Community College is a co-educational secondary school located in Holsworthy in the English county of Devon.

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  St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Holsworthy · 2.9 km

  St Peter's and St Paul's Church is a grade II* listed building and is the parish church of the small market town of Holsworthy, Devon, England. The present church, built in the early English style, dates from the mid-…

• Dunsdon National Nature Reserve · 3.1 km

  Dunsdon National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of the Devon Wildlife Trust, near Dunsdon and about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-west of Holsworthy, in Devon, England. The habitat is culm grassland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)