Lamerton

17°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 15° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 19:37

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Tavistock Rural West · Devon And Cornwall

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gunnislake (6.5 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,145 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£840 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £598
• 2 bed £766
• 3 bed £945

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Morrisons (4.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Morrisons (4.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: West Devon Borough Council (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

57,098 residents in West Devon · 49/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 139 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,705 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

37 schools · 6,412 pupils

29 primary · 2 secondary · 6 other

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

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

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

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

90 applications decided

94.4% granted · 85 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Geoffrey Cox

Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

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

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Lamerton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Gas 86% · Wind 14%

338 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership461 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects369 local signatures · 14,312 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership338 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases324 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Lamerton · 0.7 km

  Lamerton is a village and civil parish located 3 miles north-west of the town of Tavistock, in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. The village's school is called Lamerton Church of England Volunt…

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  Chipshop · 2.3 km

  Chipshop is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lamerton in the West Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Tavistock, which lies approximately 2.7 miles (4.3 km) south-east from the hamlet. The hamlet is s…

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  Tavistock North railway station · 3.8 km

  Tavistock North was a railway station serving the town of Tavistock, operated by the Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway, but forming part of the Exeter to Plymouth section of the London and South W…

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  River Wallabrooke · 3.8 km

  The Wallabrook is a river on Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is a tributary of the River Tavy.

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  Corn Market, Tavistock · 3.9 km

  The Corn Market is a commercial building in West Street in Tavistock, Devon, England. The structure, which is now used as a ladies' clothes shop, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Tavistock Abbey · 4.0 km

  Tavistock Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon, is a ruined Benedictine abbey in Tavistock, Devon. The Abbey was surrendered in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Nothing remains o…

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