Croyde

15°CSunny

• Today: 16° / 15° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:47

13h 6m 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 · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Braunton Rural · 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)

36 food businesses within 2 miles

• 34 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 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

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Chapel Farm Guest House (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

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
• 47 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)

• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £200,000 avg

e.g. (URGENT)Fully Private Dentist (Croyde)

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

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: 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

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

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  Croyde · 0.5 km

  Croyde is a village on the west-facing coastline of North Devon, England. The village lies on the South West Coast Path near Baggy Point, which is owned by the National Trust. It lies within the North Devon Coast Area…

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  Saunton Golf Club · 1.7 km

  Saunton Golf Club is a private golf club in England, that is located about 2 miles (3 km) to the west of Braunton, Devon. It was founded in 1897. During the months of May and June 1944 the United States Army used the…

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  Saunton · 1.9 km

  Saunton is a village located approximately two miles from Braunton on the North Devon coast in the South West of England.

• Putsborough · 2.0 km

  Putsborough is a hamlet in Georgeham Civil Parish on the west-facing coast of North Devon, England. It is about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) north of the village of Croyde and 1 mile (1.6 km) west-northwest of the village of Geo…

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  St George's Church, Georgeham · 2.1 km

  St George's Church is the Anglican parish church for the village of Georgeham in Devon. Dedicated to Saint George, the 13th-century church comes under the Diocese of Exeter and has been designated a Grade I listed bui…

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  Pickwell, Devon · 2.2 km

  Pickwell is a small settlement with a converted manor house in the civil parish Georgeham, in the North Devon district, in the county Devon, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)