A3123 North Devon
8 addresses across 5 postcodes (EX34), about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 27503491.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1).
- 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 C; Band D in North Devon costs £2,642 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, about 12.3 km (7.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Bicclescombe Park, is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 205 to 262 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Combe Coastal Practice, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 660 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 22 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 141 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 2010 (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in North Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,642 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,761 | £2,055 | £2,349 | £2,642 | £3,229 | £3,817 | £4,404 | £5,284 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (22% of about 2,330 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 25 January 2027 to 30 January 2027: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
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 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX34 8PH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX34 8ND | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX34 8FN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX34 8NB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX34 8PL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 6 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 205 m and 262 m above sea level (242 m on average); the ground rises about 57 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX34 8FN | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| EX34 8NB | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX34 8ND | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX34 8PH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| EX34 8PL | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Barnstaple 609,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.3 km (7.7 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Ferry terminal | Ilfracombe Ferry Landing | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 59.3 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Combe Coastal Practice | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Smd Pharmacy At The Medical Centre | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Marlborough Dental Centre | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Ilfracombe Hospital | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Braunton Police | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Ilfracombe | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Bicclescombe Park 2.7 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,840 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,050 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| South Ground Plantation | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Shelfin Hill | Hill | 940 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Oakridge Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Slade Reservoirs | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Sterridge Valley | Valley | 3.3 km (2 miles) east |
| Larkstone Beach | Beach | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 8 |
4 of the street's 8 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 North Devon: see them on the North Devon page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoned EX34 8FN | Retailers - other | 180 m | 5 Very good | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Edd's Greengrocers Ltd EX34 8PL | Distributors/Transporters | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Dec 2015 |
| Miles Fish and Chips Ltd EX34 8PL | Mobile caterer | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 May 2024 |
| Ryan Miles Mobile Fish & Chips EX34 8PL | Mobile caterer | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2024 |
| Savona Foodservice Limited EX34 8PL | Distributors/Transporters | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 18 Mar 2019 |
| Snack Shack EX34 8PL | Mobile caterer | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 2 Aug 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 8 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wilderbrook Way (22).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
- EX34 8PH: 3 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- EX34 8ND: 2 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- EX34 8FN: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- EX34 8NB: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
- EX34 8PL: 1 address of 85 in the postcode
All the streets in EX34 and across North 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.