Dunkeswell

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 7° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:48

9h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff 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

4 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Public order1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Honiton Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

251 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

10 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Honiton (7.8 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,256 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£968 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £685
• 2 bed £896
• 3 bed £1,122

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,363 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: 180.9p · BP (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 212.9p · BP (10.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Dunkeswell airfield (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 54%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,795
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,559
• Net moves+2,236

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 195 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

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

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

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

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

315 applications decided

90.5% granted · 285 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Con 12
• LD 22
• Grn 3
• Oth 23

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

• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £45,783 avg

e.g. Counterbalance FLT Driver and Production Operative, Production Operative, Counterbalance FLT Driver and Production Operator

Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

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

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in EX14

• Honiton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Honiton and Sidmouth:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks432 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones391 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills183 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases162 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Dunkeswell · 0.1 km

  Dunkeswell is a village and civil parish in East Devon, England, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the town of Honiton. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,553, reducing to 1,361 at the 2011 Cen…

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  Dunkeswell Aerodrome · 0.9 km

  Dunkeswell Aerodrome is an airfield in East Devon, England. It is located next to the village of Dunkeswell near the eastern edge of the Blackdown Hills, approximately 5 miles (8 km) north of the town of Honiton and 1…

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  Sheldon, Devon · 2.3 km

  Sheldon is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of the county of Devon in England. It is located in the Blackdown Hills, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north-northwest of Honiton. In the 2011 UK census, its popu…

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  Wolford Chapel · 2.6 km

  Wolford Chapel in Devon, England, is the burial place of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. The building and land are publicly owned by the Canadian province of Ontario, and flies the F…

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  Abbey, Devon · 2.7 km

  Abbey is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dunkeswell, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is located in the Blackdown Hills, a group of hills that border both Devon and Somerset. Dunkeswell…

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  Luppitt Inn · 3.1 km

  The Luppitt Inn is the only public house at Luppitt, Devon. Located in the front rooms of a farmhouse, the building is constructed from stone, rendered on one side and includes a tiled roof. The main house, still part…

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