Westacott

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 10° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:39

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

43 reported · July 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other crime2

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

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)

249 food businesses within 2 miles

• 209 rated 4–5 ★ (186 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnstaple (2.8 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: 161.7p · Asda (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.7p · Asda (3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Barnstaple (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 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)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,825 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online History Tutor - Part Time, Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Westacott – Flexible & Remote

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 83% · Wind 17%

326 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

• 
  Acland, Landkey · 1.0 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…

• Hawley Hospital · 1.4 km

  The Hawley Hospital was a specialist hospital in Barnstaple, Devon, founded in 1920 as a pulmonary tuberculosis sanatorium as part of a network of such facilities, instigated by the Public Health 1912.

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  Yeotown, Goodleigh · 1.6 km

  Yeotown was a historic estate situated in the parish of Goodleigh, North Devon, about 1 1/2 miles north-east of the historic centre of Barnstaple. The mansion house was remodelled in about 1807 in the neo-gothic style…

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  Burridge Fort · 1.6 km

  Burridge Fort is an Iron Age Hill fort situated to the North East of Barnstaple in Devon, England. The fort occupies a hill top approx 150 Metres above Sea Level overlooking the Yeo and Bradiford rivers.

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  Barnstaple Victoria Road railway station · 1.7 km

  Barnstaple railway station was the western terminus of the Devon and Somerset Railway. It was situated on the south eastern side of Barnstaple in Devon, England. It was served by passenger trains from 1873 until 1960,…

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  Newport, Devon · 1.8 km

  Newport is a suburb of the town of Barnstaple in the North Devon district of the county of Devon, England. It is situated one mile south-east of the historic centre of Barnstaple, between that town and Bishop's Tawton…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)