Moretonhampstead

7°CCloudy

• Today: 8° / 6° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:45

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US 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

208 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£961 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £655
• 2 bed £869
• 3 bed £1,086

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

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

2,034 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: 154.9p · Esso (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (8.9 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Bovey Castle, Devon ( Eden Hotels) (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,925
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,788
• Net moves+1,137

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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

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

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

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £23,380 avg

e.g. Trainee Driving Instructor - Moretonhampstead, Devon, England, AVON Representatives wanted in Moretonhampstead, Devon, England – start today, Van Driver

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

374 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in TQ13

• Ashburton Surgery
• Bovey Tracey & Chudleigh Practice
• Moretonhampstead Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones1,246 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks759 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases411 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND286 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately195 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Moretonhampstead · 0.1 km

  Moretonhampstead is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet Doccombe, and it is surrounde…

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  St Andrew's Church, Moretonhampstead · 0.2 km

  St Andrew's Church, Moretonhampstead is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Moretonhampstead, Devon.

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  Moretonhampstead railway station · 0.5 km

  Moretonhampstead railway station was the terminus of the Moretonhampstead and South Devon Railway at Moretonhampstead, Devon, England.

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  Cranbrook Castle · 3.3 km

  Cranbrook Castle is an Iron Age Hill fort occupying a commanding hilltop just to the south of and overlooking the Teign valley in Devon. It is 337 metres (1,106 ft) above sea level and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south and…

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  North Bovey · 3.3 km

  North Bovey is a village and civil parish situated on the south-eastern side of Dartmoor National Park, Teignbridge, Devon, England, about 11 miles WSW of the city of Exeter and 1.5 miles SSW of Moretonhampstead. The…

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  Hunter's Tor, Lustleigh Cleave · 3.7 km

  Hunter's Tor is a granite tor located in the parish of Lustleigh, on Dartmoor. It is one of two tors with the same name, the other being in the Teign Gorge.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)