North Tawton

7°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:44

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 4.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Okehampton Rural East · Devon And Cornwall

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

118 reported road collisions (2025)

27 killed or seriously injured · 168 casualties · 20.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,921 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£846 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £603
• 2 bed £771
• 3 bed £952

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

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

826 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 (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (9.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Nearest: White House Services Okehampton (7.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,865
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,226
• Net moves+639

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 117 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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

• In a conservation area (North Tawton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 45 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

85 applications decided

82.4% granted · 70 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Mel Stride

Conservative

Central Devon

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
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,575 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

34 jobs advertised · £36,794 avg

e.g. School Cleaner, Multi Skilled Operative, Class 1 Tramper

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

7% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 7%

368 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in EX20

• Okehampton Medical Centre
• Minor Injury Unit-Okehampton
• Pharmaderma Ltd Okehampton

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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  North Tawton Town Hall · 0.1 km

  North Tawton Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, North Tawton, Devon, England. The town hall, which is used for public events, is a Grade II listed building.

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  South West Peninsula · 0.1 km

  The South West Peninsula is the area of England between the Bristol Channel to the north and the English Channel to the south. It is part of the South West region of England, and includes the counties of Cornwall, Dev…

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  North Tawton · 0.1 km

  North Tawton is a small town in Devon, England, situated on the river Taw. It is administered by West Devon Council. The population of the electoral ward at the census 2011 was 2,026.

• Court Green · 0.2 km

  Court Green is a house in North Tawton, Devon, England. It was the home the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath moved to in late August 1961.

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  North Tawton railway station · 1.7 km

  North Tawton railway station was a railway station serving the town of North Tawton in Devon, England. North Tawton lies on the River Taw.

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  Battle of Sampford Courtenay · 2.6 km

  The Battle of Sampford Courtenay was one of the chief military engagements in the Western Rebellion of 1549.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)