Witheridge

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:42

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom

• 5.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

13 reported · August 2026▲ 86% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Public order4
• Burglary1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: South Molton Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

136 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 16.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£285,982 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£878 average monthly rent▲ 1.3% YoY

• 1 bed £641
• 2 bed £809
• 3 bed £995

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

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,067 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

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

82,852 residents in Mid Devon · 91/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,360
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,552
• Net moves+808

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 126 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,656 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (24% of 38,630)

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

42 schools · 9,804 pupils

35 primary · 4 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 16 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (Witheridge)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

162 applications decided

93.8% granted · 152 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ian Roome

Liberal Democrat

North Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 3
• LD 33
• Grn 3
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,060 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £30,160 avg

e.g. LGV Driver

Source: Adzuna

£719 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,478 certificates

11.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

370 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EX16

• Amicus Health - Mid Devon Sites
• Castle Place Practice
• Amicus Health

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Devon:

• Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones2,685 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks357 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND241 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers188 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately187 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Witheridge · 0.2 km

  Witheridge is a village and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. In 2011 the population of the parish was 1,158, increasing slightly to 1,306 at the 2021 Census. An electoral ward with the same…

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  Witheridge F.C. · 0.5 km

  Witheridge Football Club is a football club based in the Devon village of Witheridge. They are currently members of the Devon & Exeter League Division Two and play at Edge Down Park.

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  Drayford · 2.3 km

  Drayford is a hamlet in the English county of Devon, approximately 15 miles north west of Exeter.

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  Washford Pyne · 2.8 km

  Washford Pyne is a village and civil parish in Devon, England. It is 7 miles NE of Morchard Road railway station and 8 N by W of Crediton.

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  Thelbridge · 2.9 km

  Thelbridge is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. It is 5 miles NE of Morchard Road railway station and 8½ NNW of Crediton. In 2011, the parish had a population of 337.

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  East Worlington · 3.3 km

  East Worlington is a civil parish and hamlet in the North Devon administrative area, in the English county of Devon, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)