Lympstone

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:42

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▲ 75% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Clyst Valley, Woodbury & Lympstone · Devon And Cornwall

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

251 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

82 food businesses within 2 miles

• 68 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lympstone Village (0.2 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,256 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£968 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £685
• 2 bed £896
• 3 bed £1,122

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,363 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: 159.9p · Esso (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (10 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: UK_EX_LYMPSTONE_01 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 54%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,795
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,559
• Net moves+2,236

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 195 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

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

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

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

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

315 applications decided

90.5% granted · 285 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

David Reed

Conservative

Exmouth and Exeter East

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Con 12
• LD 22
• Grn 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

31 jobs advertised · £31,672 avg

e.g. Neighbourhood Manager - South West, Care Support Worker - Exmouth, Community Carer

Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

370 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

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

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

6 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in EX8

• Lympstone Medical Centre
• Rolle Medical Partnership
• Haldon House Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Exmouth and Exeter East:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases399 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks385 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones345 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND268 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients228 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide

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

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  Lympstone Village railway station · 0.2 km

  Lympstone Village railway station serves the village of Lympstone in Devon, England. It is on the Avocet Line which runs between Exeter St Davids and Exmouth.

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  Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lympstone · 0.2 km

  The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the parish church of Lympstone in Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Lympstone · 0.3 km

  Lympstone is a village and civil parish in East Devon, in the English county of Devon. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Exe estuary, approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) north-west of Exmouth and 11 mi (18 km) south-ea…

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  Nutwell · 0.8 km

  Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury on the south coast of Devon is a historic manor and the site of a Georgian neo-classical Grade II* listed mansion house known as Nutwell Court. The house is situated on the east bank…

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  Gulliford Farm · 1.2 km

  Gulliford is a historic agricultural estate and Grade-II listed farmhouse in East Devon, between Exmouth and Topsham. It is situated in the village of Exton, in the parish of Woodbury. The main residential building da…

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  Lympstone Manor · 1.2 km

  Lympstone Manor in Exmouth, Devon, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was mainly built in the 1760s around an older building which had been us…

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