Witheridge

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 11° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:38

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Port Talbot Dyffryn School, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Bicycle theft1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: South Molton Rural · Devon And Cornwall

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

121 reported road collisions (2024)

25 killed or seriously injured · 160 casualties · 14.6 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

£284,283 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Mid Devon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£876 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £640
• 2 bed £808
• 3 bed £993

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

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

• 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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 (Witheridge)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

152 applications decided

94.1% granted · 143 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ian Roome

Liberal Democrat

North Devon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 3
• LD 34
• Grn 3
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online History Tutoring Job in Witheridge – Flexible Schedule

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 33% · Solar 14% · Nuclear 1%

207 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 80.8 yrs 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

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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  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)