Instow

10°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:46

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 4.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

10 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Other theft2
• Public order2
• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Instow, Fremington & Bickington · Devon And Cornwall

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

159 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 204 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 48 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£280,441 average▼ 4.2% YoY

Across North Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£846 average monthly rent▼ 0.3% YoY

• 1 bed £589
• 2 bed £778
• 3 bed £965

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

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

1,393 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: 167.7p · Asda (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.7p · Asda (8.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Churchfields Car Park (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,542
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,861
• Net moves+681

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 99 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

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

173 applications decided

96% granted · 166 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Rider - Scooter, Delivery Rider - Car

Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% 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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

373 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in EX39

• Northam Surgery
• Bideford Medical Centre
• Wooda Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones2,685 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks357 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND241 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers188 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately187 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  All Saints Chapel, Instow · 0.1 km

  All Saints Chapel is a combined Church of England chapel and community centre in Instow, Devon, England.

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  RM Instow · 0.5 km

  RM Instow, also known as Arromanches Camp, is a military installation operated by the Royal Marines at Instow in North Devon located 5.2 miles (8.4 km) south west of Barnstaple, Devon, and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) north eas…

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  Instow railway station · 0.5 km

  Instow railway station was a railway station in the village of Instow, North Devon, England, on the Bideford Extension of the North Devon Railway. Opened in November 1855, the station closed to passengers in 1965, but…

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  Instow · 0.9 km

  Instow is a village in north Devon, England. It is on the estuary where the rivers Taw and Torridge meet, between the villages of Westleigh and Yelland and on the opposite bank to Appledore. There is an electoral ward…

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  St Mary's Church, Appledore · 1.1 km

  St Mary's Church is the parish church of Appledore. It sits on the Quay overlooking the River Torridge. The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1836, the church being dedicated two years later. The sailing ship…

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  North Devon Maritime Museum · 1.1 km

  The North Devon Maritime Museum is a museum situated in the estuary town of Appledore, Devon, England. Housed in Odun House, a Georgian Grade II listed building which has been the home of several ship owners and maste…

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