Swimbridge

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 9° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:43

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Bishops Tawton, Landkey, Swimbridge & Whiddon Valley · Devon And Cornwall

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

165 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chapelton (5.5 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£281,532 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across North Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£845 average monthly rent▼ 0.1% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £777
• 3 bed £963

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 160.7p · Asda (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.7p · Asda (7.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Barnstaple (5.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

98,611 residents in North Devon · 91/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 123 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,642 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 49,360)

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

59 schools · 14,390 pupils

47 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 20 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

56inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North 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 (Swimbridge)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

94.9% granted · 187 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ian Roome

Liberal Democrat

North Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 7
• LD 24
• Grn 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£650 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,005 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 53,031 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Solar 26% · Wind 25% · Imports 6%

162 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Devon:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership423 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership350 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s342 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers188 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide

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

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  Swimbridge · 0.1 km

  Swimbridge is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Barnstaple and twinned with the town of St.Honorine Du Fay in Normandy, France. It was the home of the…

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  Landkey · 2.8 km

  Landkey is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. The parish has a population of 2,302 according to the 2021 census. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) from the nearest t…

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  Accott · 3.4 km

  Accott is an historic estate, now a small settlement, in the parish of Bishop's Tawton in the county of Devon, England

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  Acland, Landkey · 3.7 km

  The estate of Acland in the parish of Landkey, near Barnstaple in North Devon, England, was from 1155 the earliest known seat of the influential and wealthy family of Acland, to which it gave the surname de Acland. It…

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  West Buckland, Devon · 3.8 km

  West Buckland is a small village and former manor, now in the parish of East and West Buckland, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. South Molton is the nearest town, Barnstaple is 8 miles (13…

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  Hawkridge, Chittlehampton · 4.4 km

  Hawkridge in the parish of Chittlehampton in North Devon, England, is an historic estate, anciently the seat of a junior branch of the Acland family which originated at nearby Acland, in the parish of Landkey and late…

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