Dunkeswell

15°CSunny

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:42

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Honiton Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

236 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 306 casualties · 15.6 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

£345,757 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£965 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £683
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,118

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Esso (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (11.1 km)

2 stations 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 238 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

318 applications decided

87.4% granted · 278 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £43,302 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Production Operative, Counterbalance FLT Driver and Production Operative

Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Honiton and Sidmouth:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership512 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s241 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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