Princetown

7°CCloudy

• Today: 7° / 6° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:46

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, 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

8 reported · August 2026▲ 167% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Tavistock 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)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Postbridge Visitor Centre Car Park (7.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 27 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 Geoffrey Cox

Conservative

Torridge and Tavistock

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
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,575 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £21,550 avg

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

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

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 76% · Solar 18% · Wind 7%

298 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in PL20

• Yelverton Surgery
• Hmp Dartmoor

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Torridge and Tavistock:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones5,996 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects450 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks411 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases326 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately247 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  River Swincombe · 0.1 km

  The River Swincombe is a right-bank tributary of the West Dart River that flows through Dartmoor national park in Devon, south-west England. It rises south-east of Princetown, and flows 2 km south-east to Foxtor Mires…

• Princetown · 0.4 km

  Princetown is a village located within Dartmoor national park in the English county of Devon. It is the principal settlement of the civil parish of Dartmoor Forest. At the 2021 census, the village had a population of…

• Princetown railway station · 0.5 km

  Princetown railway station, opened in 1883 was the terminus of the 10+1⁄2-mile (16.9 km) long single track branch line in Devon, England, running from Yelverton with eventually four intermediate stops, three being hal…

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  Church of St Michael, Princetown · 0.6 km

  The Anglican Church of St Michael in Princetown, Devon, England was built between 1810 and 1814. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is a redundant c…

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  HM Prison Dartmoor · 0.8 km

  HM Prison Dartmoor is a Category C men's prison, located in Princetown, high on Dartmoor in the English county of Devon. Its high granite walls dominate this area of the moor. The prison is owned by the Duchy of Cornw…

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  Tor Royal · 0.9 km

  Tor Royal is a Grade II* listed building near Princetown, Dartmoor, in the English county of Devon. Built between 1785 and 1793 by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, it was added to in c.1815–20, and restored by A. E. Richardson in…

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