Kennford

21°CCloudy

• Today: 23° / 10° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:37

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 233% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Other theft2
• Vehicle crime2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Exminster & Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

222 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Marsh Barton (4.3 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£303,564 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£958 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £653
• 2 bed £867
• 3 bed £1,083

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

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (6.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: The Devon Hotel (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 186 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 65,470)

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

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

57inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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
• 63 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

165 applications decided

79.4% granted · 131 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Mel Stride

Conservative

Central Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 9
• LD 25
• Ref 1
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £71,250 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Driver, Branch Partner Vet - Exeter

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,367 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 · 67,262 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Solar 56% · Wind 19% · Gas 19% · Imports 5%

76 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership637 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

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

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  Kennford · 0.1 km

  Kennford is a village situated in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England. Kennford is four miles (6 km) to the south of Exeter in the civil parish of Kenn; it is situated in one of the country's main tourist areas…

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  Kenn, Devon · 1.1 km

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  Shillingford St George · 2.1 km

  Shillingford St. George is a village on the outskirts of Exeter, Teignbridge, England. It is about 3 miles south of the City of Exeter. At the 2021 census, the village had a population of 395.

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  Exminster Hospital · 2.8 km

  Exminster Hospital is a former mental health facility at Exminster, Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Exminster · 3.1 km

  Exminster is a village west of the Exeter ship canal and River Exe in Devon, England, 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Exeter, with a population of 4,379 at the 2021 census.

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