South Zeal

22°CCloudy

• Today: 22° / 11° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:38

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 500% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Okehampton Rural East · Devon And Cornwall

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

100 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Okehampton (5.9 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£286,145 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across West Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£840 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £598
• 2 bed £766
• 3 bed £945

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Esso (4.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: White House Services Okehampton (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 139 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Devon

832 CQC-registered services

• Care homes310
• GP practices118
• Dentists158
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

• In a conservation area (South Zeal)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 94 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

90 applications decided

94.4% granted · 85 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,530 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Devon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership637 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases404 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership374 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

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

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  South Zeal · 0.2 km

  South Zeal is a village on Dartmoor, in Devon, United Kingdom.

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  Finch Foundry · 1.1 km

  Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in Sticklepath, a small village at the foot of a steep hill on the road from Exeter to Okehampton, Devon, England. Its original name was Manor Mills, and it…

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  South Tawton · 1.1 km

  South Tawton is a village, parish and former manor on the north edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England. An electoral ward bearing the same name exists. At the 2011 census the population was 1,683.

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  Sticklepath · 1.7 km

  Sticklepath is a village and civil parish on Dartmoor, in West Devon district, county of Devon, England. It gives its name to one of the most important geological faults in south-west England, thought to have originat…

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  Cosdon Hill · 2.4 km

  Cosdon Hill, also called Cosdon Beacon, or Cawsand Beacon, is one of the highest hills on Dartmoor, in Devon, England. It has numerous traces of prehistoric occupation.

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  Belstone · 2.7 km

  Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)