Sherford

18°CSunny

• Today: 18° / 14° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:38

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

22 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Ivybridge Rural South · Devon And Cornwall

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

423 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 523 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

142 food businesses within 2 miles

• 123 rated 4–5 ★ (114 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Marsh Mills (4.3 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£1,001 average monthly rent▲ 5.2% YoY

• 1 bed £703
• 2 bed £883
• 3 bed £1,061

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

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (6.7 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

59 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Otter Nurseries (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

264,695 residents in Plymouth · 3,315/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 72 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,442 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (39% of 123,310)

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

107 schools · 39,096 pupils

69 primary · 19 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 47 of 51 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

98inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Plymouth

253 CQC-registered services

• Care homes88
• GP practices34
• Dentists47
• Homecare agencies51
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Plymouth

• Not in the Green Belt
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

164 applications decided

93.3% granted · 153 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Rebecca Smith

Conservative

South West Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 30
• Con 3
• Grn 3
• Ref 15
• Oth 6

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

59 jobs advertised · £39,386 avg

e.g. MOT Tester, Recovery Worker, Vehicle Technician

Source: Adzuna

£681 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,424 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 141,976 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Solar 51% · Wind 24% · Gas 16% · Imports 5%

69 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 78 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 54 women · 55.2 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• 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 South West Devon:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office441 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership420 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test298 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Elburton Cross railway station · 1.7 km

  Elburton Cross railway station served the suburb of Plymstock, Devon, England from 1898 to 1960 on the Plymouth to Yealmpton Branch. It was situated 1 mile 77 chains (3 km) from Plymstock station and 5 miles 68 chains…

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  The Old Rectory, Plympton · 1.8 km

  The Old Rectory is a grade II* listed townhouse in Plympton, Devon, England. It was listed on 23 April 1952.

• Tan Cottage · 1.8 km

  Tan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. It stands in Plympton's main street at 49 Fore Street, behind numbers 45 and 47, and dates mainly to the 17th century, when it was used as a tannery.

• Carlton House, Plympton · 1.8 km

  Carlton House is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. Standing at 43 Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it dates to the early 19th century.

• Longcause Community Special School · 1.8 km

  Longcause Community Special School is a special school for students aged 4 to 16 with learning difficulties. The college has about 100 students.

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  Chapel House, Plympton · 1.8 km

  Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in Plympton, Devon, England. Standing at 10a and 10b Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it is believed to have originally been a town house, later developed into a shop wit…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)