Apple Orchard Taddiport, Torridge
6 addresses across 1 postcode (EX38), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40900441.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £200,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Torridge cost £267,174 in August 2026 (+0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £792 a month.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 6 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 121 times (425 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Huxhill Farm, Weare Gifford - Wind Turbine, is 4.9 km (3.1 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 209 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Torridge costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chapelton (Devon), about 11.9 km (7.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Rack Park, is about 620 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 24 to 27 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Castle Gardens Surgery, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 160 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £192,500 | £192,500 | £192,500 |
| 2008 | 1 | £192,500 | £192,500 | £192,500 |
| 2007 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £59,950 | £59,950 | £59,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 1996 | 2 EX38 8BA | Semi-detached | £59,950 | |
| 2 Jun 2017 | 3 EX38 8BA | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2016 | 3 EX38 8BA | Semi-detached | £192,500 | |
| 12 Dec 2007 | 3 EX38 8BA | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2005 | 3 EX38 8BA | Semi-detached | £165,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2008 | 4 EX38 8BA | Semi-detached | £192,500 |
House prices and rents in Torridge
A typical home in Torridge cost £267,174 in August 2026, 0.3% more than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 34% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £389,229 |
| Semi-detached | £276,215 |
| Terraced | £207,983 |
| Flat or maisonette | £136,612 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £214,439 |
Private renters in Torridge paid £792 a month on average in September 2026, 2.1% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £567 |
| Two bedrooms | £742 |
| Three bedrooms | £912 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,274 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 96 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 7,034 kWh of it on average in 2024, 22% less than the district's 8,967 kWh, and 2,456 kWh of electricity, 32% less than the district's 3,622 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is EX38.
Council tax
What each band costs in Torridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,601 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,734 | £2,023 | £2,312 | £2,601 | £3,180 | £3,758 | £4,336 | £5,203 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (24% of about 790 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Torridge Vale Ltd (Former Creamery) , (Land south of Rolle Road), Rolle Road , Torrington: up to 19 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- Torridge Vale Ltd (Former Creamery) , (Land south of Rolle Road), Rolle Road , Torrington: up to 19 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- Highbridge House, Limers Hill, Torrington: up to 18 homes, permissioned (360 m)
- Highbridge House, Limers Hill, Torrington: up to 18 homes, permissioned (360 m)
- Torridge Vale Ltd (Former Creamery) , (South West Water Land), Rolle Road, Torrington: up to 52 homes, permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- Torridge Vale Ltd (Former Creamery) , (South West Water Land), Rolle Road, Torrington: up to 52 homes, permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darracott Moor Torridge 1/1345/2002/24 | Wind 3 turbines | 2.6 MW | Operational May 2011 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Deep Moor Gas to Energy | Landfill Gas | 2 MW | Operational Jan 2000 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Huxhill Farm, Weare Gifford - Wind Turbine Torridge 1/0244/2026/FUL | Wind 1 turbine, 46.5 m tall | 0.2 MW | Planning application made Apr 2026 | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
6 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 121 times, for 425 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Torridge, Tributary of River Mere.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taddiport Bridge Pumping Station South West Water | River Torridge | 13 | 52 | 120 m |
| Mill Street Combined Sewer Overflow South West Water | River Torridge | 3 | 1 | 150 m |
| Torridge Vale Dairies Cso South West Water | River Torridge | 46 | 61 | 270 m |
| Torrington Wwtw South West Water | River Torridge | 11 | 35 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Torrington Wwtw South West Water | River Torridge | 31 | 271 | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| #N/A South West Water | Tributary of River Mere | 17 | 5 | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 24 m and 27 m above sea level (26 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX38 8BA | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chapelton (Devon) 160 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) |
| Umberleigh 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.2 km (8.2 miles) | |
| Portsmouth Arms 600 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Taddiport Bridge Great Torrington | 100 m |
| Ferry terminal | Bideford Ferry Landing | 8.8 km (5.4 miles) |
| Car parks | School Ln Parking | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 57.2 km (36 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 75.6 km (47 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Castle Gardens Surgery Good May 2018 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Torrington | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Torrington Dental Practice | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Torrington Hospital | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Woodland Vale Good Mar 2019 | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Torrington Police Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Great Torrington New Road Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rack Park 2,870 m² | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 510 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,180 m² | 70 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, a listed building (Grade II*), 90 m north-west. 80 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel of St Mary Magdalene | Listed building, Grade II* | 90 m north-west |
| Great Torrington Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 840 m (0.5 miles) north |
| 28, South Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Palmer House Including Garden Wall | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Market House | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pollard Hill Wood | Wood | 360 m west |
| Servis Wood | Wood | 490 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Week Bottom | Valley | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) east |
| Darracot Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
| Black Rock Marsh | Wetland | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Torridge: see them on the Torridge page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 41% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
| Great Torrington School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.1 (39.0 in 2025 and 44.6 in 2024); 41.3% grade 5+ in English and maths |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.3 km (0.8 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frogs Pre School EX38 7BE | Sessional day care | 26 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 328 childminders and 60 home childcarers (nannies) in Devon. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torridge Inn EX38 8AW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 290 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 18 Jun 2026 |
| Torrington Methodist Church | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Watery Lane (2); On or near St Mary'S Close (2); On or near Apple Orchard (1); On or near Park/Open Space (1).
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian. 33% happened in the dark, and 100% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jan 2025 16:20 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, frost or ice |
| 14 May 2021 13:28 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 5 May 2021 12:14 | Slight | 2 people | B3227, 30 mph | Wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 209 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 90 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 209 counted 2025 | 0% | 90 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- EX38 8BA: 6 addresses
Nearby streets
Watery Lane · St Mary's Close · B3227 · Sandfords Gardens · Mill Street Common
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.