Torquay

10°CLight drizzle

• Today: 11° / 10° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:43

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

48US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Plymouth Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Teignmouth Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

208 reported road collisions (2025)

35 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Teignmouth (4.4 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£298,159 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Teignbridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£961 average monthly rent▲ 3.6% YoY

• 1 bed £655
• 2 bed £869
• 3 bed £1,086

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

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,034 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: 151.9p · Esso (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Torbay-Hyundai (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,801 residents in Teignbridge · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,925
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,788
• Net moves+1,137

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 159 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,643 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (22% of 65,470)

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

70 schools · 16,497 pupils

47 primary · 7 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Teignbridge

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
• 65 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

191 applications decided

80.6% granted · 154 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Martin Wrigley

Liberal Democrat

Newton Abbot

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 9
• LD 25
• Ref 1
• Oth 12

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

305 jobs advertised · £41,297 avg

e.g. Functional Assessor, Part-time Cleaner, Head Housekeeper

Source: Adzuna

£689 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,367 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 · 67,262 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

7% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 7%

368 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

8 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in TQ12

• Kingsteignton Medical Practice
• Kingskerswell & Ipplepen Med Practice
• Albany Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newton Abbot:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks450 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones266 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases175 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately166 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Stokeinteignhead · 1.3 km

  Stokeinteignhead is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, above the southern bank of the estuary of the River Teign. The parish has a short boundary on the estuary, and is otherwise…

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  Brunel Manor · 1.4 km

  Brunel Manor, previously known as Watcombe Park, is a mansion on the outskirts of the seaside resort of Torquay, Devon, England.

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  Haccombe · 2.5 km

  Haccombe is a village and former civil parish and historic manor, now in the parish of Haccombe with Combe, in the Teignbridge district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated 2 1/2 miles east of Newton Abbot…

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  Combe Pafford · 2.6 km

  Combe Pafford is a village in Torbay in the English county of Devon.

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  Milber Down · 2.9 km

  Milber Down is an Iron Age hill fort on the hill above the suburb of Milber, Newton Abbot in Devon, England. The fort is situated on the north-western slope of Milber Down at about 110 metres (360 ft) above sea level…

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  Haccombe with Combe · 2.9 km

  Haccombe with Combe is a civil parish in the Teignbridge local government district of Devon, England. The parish lies immediately to the east of the town of Newton Abbot, and south of the estuary of the River Teign. A…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)