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Lynton and Lynmouth

Lynton and Lynmouth is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has around 21 restaurants and cafés, six bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Lynton Village, 0.2 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lynton and Lynmouth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Devon area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 98,611 residents at roughly 91 people per km².

Council
North Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
North Devon
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
41/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 217th of 294 English council areas — better than 26% of them.

Home affordability37
Affordable rents67
Good schools30
Life expectancy52
Low deprivation33
Employment64
Low council tax6

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

11°CSunny

  • Today: 13° / 10° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:49

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 83% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Lynton & Lynmouth · Devon And Cornwall

Local policing priorities

  • Addressing the use, possession and supply of controlled substances (drugs) across North Devon remains our local Neighbourhood policing pr…
  • Addressing persistent and repeat crime, ASB across North Devon remains our local Neighbourhood policing priority. This aspect featured hi…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

80 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 78 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lynton Village (0.2 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£280,441 average▼ 4.2% YoY

Across North Devon · to 2026-08

Detached£422,772
Semi-detached£283,384
Terraced£226,097
Flat£136,873

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Highcliffe House, (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

98,611 residents in North Devon · 91/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,642 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 49,360)

A £1,761
B £2,055
C £2,349
D £2,642
E £3,229
F £3,817
G £4,404
H £5,284

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Pilton Community CollegeGood
  • The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademyRequires improvement
  • Braunton Academy
  • Chulmleigh Community College
  • South Molton Community College
  • The Park Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North 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

  • In a conservation area (Lynton)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 61 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

173 applications decided

96% granted · 166 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Ian Roome

Liberal Democrat

North Devon

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 7
  • LD 24
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

2% low-carbon electricity

Gas 98% · Wind 2%

385 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in EX35

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Devon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lynton and Lynmouth · 0.1 km

    Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which…

  • Lynton Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Lynton Town Hall is a municipal building in Lee Road, Lynton, Devon, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Lynton Urban District Council, is a grade II* listed building.

  • Lynton · 0.2 km

    Lynton is a town on the Exmoor coast in the North Devon district in the county of Devon, England, approximately 17 miles (27 km) north-east of Barnstaple and 18 miles (29 km) west of Minehead, and close to the conflue…

  • Lynton Village railway station · 0.2 km

    Lynton Village railway station is a station in Lynton, Devon, England served by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, a water-powered funicular railway.

  • Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway · 0.2 km

    The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a water-powered funicular railway joining the twin towns of Lynton and Lynmouth on the rugged coast of North Devon in southwest England.

  • Lynmouth Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

    Lynmouth Lifeboat Station was the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Lynmouth, Devon in England from 1869 until 1944. Its best-known action was in 1899 when the lifeboa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lynton and Lynmouth?
Lynton and Lynmouth is a town in Devon, England, in the North Devon local authority.
How deprived is Lynton and Lynmouth?
The North Devon local authority, which includes Lynton and Lynmouth, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.