Christow

7°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 7° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:43

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

47US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

208 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£961 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £655
• 2 bed £869
• 3 bed £1,086

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

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,034 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: 159.9p · Esso (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (9.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Chudleigh Library Car Park (6.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches11
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,925
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,788
• Net moves+1,137

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 65,470)

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

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Mel Stride

Conservative

Central Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 9
• LD 25
• Ref 1
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Habitats Operative (Fixed-Term)

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,367 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 · 67,262 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

4% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 4%

378 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in EX6

• Westbank Practice
• Cheriton Bishop Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones1,246 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks759 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases411 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND286 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately195 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Christow · 0.1 km

  Christow is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. It is located 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Exeter, in the Teign Valley, just off the B3193 road that links Chudleigh and Dunsford…

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  Lower Ashton · 1.1 km

  Lower Ashton is a village on the western slopes of Haldon in Teignbridge, Devon, England. Along with Higher Ashton it is part of the civil parish of Ashton, which in 2001 had a population of 174. Its bridge across the…

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  Ashton railway station · 1.2 km

  Ashton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashton in Devon, England. It was located on the Teign Valley line.

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  Christow railway station · 1.6 km

  Christow railway station, previously known as Teign House, served the villages of Christow, Bridford and Doddiscombsleigh in Devon, England. It was a stop on the Teign Valley line between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Th…

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  Higher Ashton · 2.0 km

  Higher Ashton is a village in the countryside between Haldon Hills and the Teign Valley in Devon, England. Along with Lower Ashton it is part of the civil parish of Ashton, which in 2001 had a population of 174.

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  Doddiscombsleigh · 2.1 km

  Doddiscombsleigh is a small settlement in Devon, England. It is 5 miles (8 km) southwest of the city of Exeter and one mile East of the River Teign and the Teign Valley. Along with a few other places in Devon, it is o…

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