Uplyme

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 16° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:32

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Other theft3
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Axminster Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

236 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 306 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

125 food businesses within 2 miles

• 109 rated 4–5 ★ (99 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Axminster (6.0 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£345,757 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£965 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £683
• 2 bed £893
• 3 bed £1,118

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

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Texaco (7.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Texaco (7.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Holmbush Car Park (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 54%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 238 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

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

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

65inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

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

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

318 applications decided

87.4% granted · 278 granted, 40 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Richard Foord

Liberal Democrat

Honiton and Sidmouth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Con 12
• LD 22
• Grn 3
• Oth 23

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised · £91,975 avg

e.g. Primary Teachers Needed for Immediate Start, Site Engineer, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Uplyme – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

19% low-carbon electricity

Gas 81% · Wind 13% · Solar 5%

320 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• 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 Honiton and Sidmouth:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership512 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s241 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Uplyme · 0.5 km

  Uplyme is an English village and civil parish in East Devon on the Devon-Dorset border and the River Lym, adjacent to the Dorset coastal town of Lyme Regis. It has a population of approximately 1700 recounted as 1663…

• Furzehill Plantation · 0.7 km

  Furzehill Plantation is a woodland in Devon, England, near the village of Uplyme. It covers a total area of 1.22 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

• The Woodroffe School · 0.8 km

  The Woodroffe School is a comprehensive school in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.

• Lyme Regis railway station · 1.0 km

  Lyme Regis railway station was the terminus of the Lyme Regis branch line, in the English county of Dorset. Serving the coastal resort town of Lyme Regis, it was sited high above the town centre as a result of the hil…

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  Holcombe, East Devon · 1.1 km

  Holcombe is a hamlet in Uplyme civil parish in the district of East Devon in the English county of Devon.

• Ware, Devon · 1.5 km

  Ware is a hamlet in the East Devon district of Devon, England. The hamlet lies approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south-west from Lyme Regis, just off the Jurassic Coast.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)