Membury

17°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 11° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:35

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

236 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 306 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Axminster (4.3 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,757 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£965 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £683
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,118

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Texaco (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Texaco (4.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: West Street Car Park (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 238 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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

318 applications decided

87.4% granted · 278 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Con 12
• LD 22
• Grn 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Honiton and Sidmouth:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership512 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s241 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Membury Castle · 0.5 km

  Membury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort situated above the village of Membury in Devon. The fort occupies a commanding hilltop position some 204 metres (669 ft) above sea level with views across both the Yarty and Axe…

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  Membury, Devon · 0.7 km

  Membury is a village three miles north west of Axminster in East Devon district. The population at the 2011 Census was 501.

• Alston, East Devon · 2.0 km

  Alston is a hamlet in All Saints civil parish, East Devon district, Devon, England.

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  Smallridge · 2.2 km

  Smallridge is a villagein All Saints parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The hamlet is situated about 1 mile north of the town of Axminster. It is close to the A358 road, and is within the Blackdown H…

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  All Saints, Devon · 2.4 km

  All Saints is a civil parish in East Devon, Devon, England. It has a population of 498 according to the 2001 census. The parish includes the hamlets of All Saints, Smallridge, Churchill, Alston and Waggs Plot. This ar…

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  Holy City, Devon · 2.9 km

  Holy City is a hamlet in the parish of Chardstock, East Devon, England. It is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) due north of the town of Axminster, and 4 miles (6.4 km) from the nearest small town of Chard (Somerset).

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)