A30 Okehampton, West Devon
5 addresses across 5 postcodes (EX20), about 17.7 km (11 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 43101892.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in West Devon costs £2,705 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Okehampton, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Simmons Park, is about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 235 to 297 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Okehampton Medical Centre, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 940 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in West Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,705 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,804 | £2,104 | £2,405 | £2,705 | £3,307 | £3,908 | £4,509 | £5,411 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (22% of about 1,620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 39.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- OKEHAMPTON CASTLE, grade I
- CHAPEL OF ST JAMES, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, grade II*
- TOWN HALL, grade II*
- 1 AND 3, ST JAMES STREET, grade II
- 1 AND 3, WEST STREET, grade II
- 13, FORE STREET, grade II
- 14, FORE STREET, grade II
- 26-38, STATION ROAD, grade II
- 5, WEST STREET, grade II
- BEACH COURT CHURCH HOUSE, grade II
- BROCK'S ALMSHOUSES, grade II
- CHALET TRELOAR, grade II
- CHIMNEY ABOUT 50 METRES WEST NORTH WEST OF TOWN MILL, grade II
- CHURCHYARD CROSS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH, grade II
- DARLEY HOUSE INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN AREA RAILINGS AND PIERS, grade II
- EAST BOWDEN HIGHER HALSTOCK, grade II
- FICE'S WELL AND CROSS, grade II
- FOOTBRIDGE ABOUT 30 METRES WEST OF CHIMNEY AT TOWN MILL, grade II
- HILLTOWN FARMHOUSE, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK OUTSIDE ST JAMES'S CHURCH, FORE STREET, grade II
- LLOYDS BANK, grade II
- LOWER HALSTOCK COTTAGE APPROXIMATELY 170 METRES TO NORTH NORTH EAST OF LOWER HALSTOCK FARMHOUSE, grade II
- LOWER PRIESTACOTT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Okehampton Camp: Building 100 (formerly Officers' Stables No.1), grade II
- Okehampton Camp: Building 116 (formerly the Guard Room), grade II
- Okehampton Camp: Building 121 (formerly a shell magazine), grade II
- Okehampton Camp: Building 150, formerly the hospital staff accommodation block, and Building 151, formerly the hospital, grade II
- Okehampton Camp: Building 69 (formerly Warrant Officers' and Staff Sergeants' Quarters), grade II
- Okehampton Camp: Building 82 (formerly Harness Room 1), grade II
And 9 more.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1EF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX20 1QW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX20 4HS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX20 4HT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| EX20 4LY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 235 m and 297 m above sea level (272 m on average); the ground rises about 62 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1EF | 100% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
| EX20 1QW | 50% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| EX20 4HS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX20 4HT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX20 4LY | 83% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Okehampton 348,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Car parks | Co-op Okehampton Car Park | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 42.5 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 88.4 km (55 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Okehampton Medical Centre | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Pharmaderma Limited Okehampton | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Okehampton Dental Care | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Okehampton Hospital | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Okehampton Police | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Simmons Park 2.9 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,110 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Castle Road Allotments 6,920 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp, a scheduled monument, 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Deserted medieval site NW of Okehampton camp | Scheduled monument | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Deserted medieval site 1/4 mile (400m) W of Okehampton camp | Scheduled monument | 620 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Deserted medieval site N of Okehampton camp | Scheduled monument | 770 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Okehampton Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Simmons Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pencleave Wood | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Place Plantations | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| East Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Meldon Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Island of Rocks | Island | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) south-west |
| Skit Bottom | Valley | 4 km (2.5 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 5 |
5 of the street's 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for West Devon: see them on the West Devon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okehampton College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (devon-and-cornwall).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 50% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- EX20 1EF: 1 address of 31 in the postcode
- EX20 1QW: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- EX20 4HS: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- EX20 4HT: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- EX20 4LY: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
All the streets in EX20 and across West Devon.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.