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Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel

Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel is a town or village in Devon, England, with 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Gunnislake, 0.8 km away. It has around 1 pharmacy. There were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Devon area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 57,098 residents at roughly 49 people per km².

Council
West Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Torridge and West Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 79th of 294 English council areas — better than 73% of them.

Home affordability58
Affordable rents89
Good schools51
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation39
Employment86
Low council tax3

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CSunny

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:51

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 4.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▼ 73% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Bere Peninsula · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour We intend to act proportionately but robustly to support communities affected by anti social behaviour. We achieve…
  • Drugs We aim to deal swiftly and robustly to drug related activity reported within our neighbourhoods. To achieve this we require the sup…

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

Road safety

118 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

28 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 23 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gunnislake (0.8 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gunnislake (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£286,921 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-08

Detached£432,878
Semi-detached£286,619
Terraced£219,965
Flat£146,185

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£846 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £603
  • 2 bed £771
  • 3 bed £952

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

826 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (0.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (0.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: zest-date-owed-dust (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,865
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,226
  • Net moves+639

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 117 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 27,470)

A £1,804
B £2,104
C £2,405
D £2,705
E £3,307
F £3,908
G £4,509
H £5,411

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

Schools

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Okehampton CollegeRequires improvement
  • Tavistock CollegeRequires improvement

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Devon

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

85 applications decided

82.4% granted · 70 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 10
  • LD 6
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,575 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£662 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,196 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 28,821 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in PL18

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South East Cornwall:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gunnislake railway station · 0.8 km

    Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drak…

  • Gunnislake · 1.0 km

    Gunnislake is a large village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Plymouth The first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire, Mar…

  • Drakewalls · 1.2 km

    Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock.

  • Albaston · 1.3 km

    Albaston is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of Calstock. It is located at Ordnance Survey grid reference SX 423 704.

  • Dimson · 1.4 km

    Dimson is a small village in Cornwall, England. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately 10+1⁄2 miles (16.9 km) north of Plymouth and around two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) north of Gunnislake. According to the…

  • Gunnislake Newbridge · 1.4 km

    Gunnislake Newbridge or New Bridge is a large stone arch bridge in the west of England, crossing the River Tamar between Gunnislake, Cornwall and Gulworthy, Devon. The bridge is located in a narrow river valley with w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel?
Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel is a town in Devon, England, in the West Devon local authority.
How deprived is Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel?
The West Devon local authority, which includes Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.