Salcombe

8°CClear

• Today: 12° / 7° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:48

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

17 reported · August 2026▲ 42% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Other theft3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Salcombe · Devon And Cornwall

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

158 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 217 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

53 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kingsbridge Park Side (4.8 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£360,616 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across South Hams · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,012 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £737
• 2 bed £921
• 3 bed £1,139

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

11.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.4 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,415 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: 172.9p · Asda (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (3.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Salcombe Harbour Hotel & Spa (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

88,624 residents in South Hams · 100/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,947
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,318
• Net moves+1,629

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 181 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,615 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (20% of 47,850)

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

55 schools · 11,738 pupils

39 primary · 3 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Hams

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
• 83 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

234 applications decided

94.9% granted · 222 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Caroline Voaden

Liberal Democrat

South Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• Con 7
• LD 19
• Grn 3
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

41 jobs advertised · £38,499 avg

e.g. Spa Assistant Manager, Property Assistant, Chef de Partie

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,368 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

35% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,991 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

369 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.1
• Feeling worthwhile7.1
• Happiness yesterday6.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in TQ8

• Redfern Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Devon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks901 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones343 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND305 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately190 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases186 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Salcombe Lifeboat Station · 0.2 km

  Salcombe Lifeboat Station can be found on Union Street in Salcombe, a town sitting to the west side of the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary on the South Hams peninsula, approximately 23 mi (37 km) south-east of Plymou…

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  Salcombe · 0.2 km

  Salcombe is a resort town in the South Hams district of Devon, in south west England. The town is close to the mouth of the Kingsbridge Estuary, mostly built on the steep west side of the estuary. It lies within the S…

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  Hallowe'en (clipper) · 0.3 km

  Hallowe’en was a 920-ton iron clipper ship. She was built in 1870 by Maudslay, Son & Field at Greenwich, England, for Jock Willis & Sons, and was a sister ship to the clipper ship Blackadder.

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  Salcombe Castle · 1.1 km

  Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fortification just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located on a rocky outcrop whic…

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  East Portlemouth · 1.4 km

  East Portlemouth is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district, in the county Devon, England, situated at the southern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, on the south Devon Coast. The population of this parish…

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  Kingsbridge Estuary · 1.8 km

  The Kingsbridge Estuary in the South Hams area of Devon, England, runs from Kingsbridge in the north to its mouth at the English Channel near Salcombe and lies between Bolt Head and Sharpitor to the west and Portlemou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)