East Buckland

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 17° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:36

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

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)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 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

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Texaco (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Texaco (11.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Acorn Retreat (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4

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
• 13 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)

• Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 83% · Wind 17%

326 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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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  East Buckland · 0.5 km

  East Buckland is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of East and West Buckland, in the North Devon district of Devon, England, next to the village of West Buckland. The village has an Anglican c…

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  East and West Buckland · 0.7 km

  East and West Buckland is a civil parish in the English county of Devon.

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  West Buckland, Devon · 2.0 km

  West Buckland is a small village and former manor, now in the parish of East and West Buckland, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. South Molton is the nearest town, Barnstaple is 8 miles (13…

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  Bremridge Wood · 2.8 km

  Bremridge Wood, formerly part of the Domesday Book estate of Bremridge near South Molton, Devon, England, is the site of an Iron Age enclosure or hill fort. The earthwork is situated in woodland on a hillside forming…

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  Brayford · 2.9 km

  Brayford is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, situated about 5 miles (8 km) from South Molton and 6 miles (10 km) from Barnstaple. It lies on Exmoor and sits beneath open areas of common land. It is a smal…

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  Castle Hill, Filleigh · 2.9 km

  Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh in North Devon, is an early Neo-Palladian country house situated 3 miles north-west of South Molton and 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Barnstaple. It was built in 1730 by Hugh Fortesc…

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