Aspen Corner Bideford, Torridge
16 addresses across 1 postcode (EX39), about 30 m long. USRN 40905504.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (B: 7).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Torridge costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, about 13.4 km (8.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 320 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 56 to 63 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 Bideford Medical Centre, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 74 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (7). Built: before 1900 (5); 2012 onwards (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
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 C (32% of about 1,240 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
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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 56 m and 63 m above sea level (60 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
No Ofcom coverage figures for these postcodes.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Barnstaple 609,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) |
| Chapelton (Devon) 160 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.6 km (9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Post Box Bideford | 380 m |
| Ferry terminal | Bideford Ferry Landing | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 65.6 km (41 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 75.1 km (47 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bideford Medical Centre | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Asda Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Queen Anne Dental Surgery | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Bideford Hospital | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Constabulary | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 320 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,050 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,860 m² | 320 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cross ridge dyke on Godborough Castle earthwork NW of Turner's Wood, a scheduled monument, 820 m (0.5 miles) north. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cross ridge dyke on Godborough Castle earthwork NW of Turner's Wood | Scheduled monument | 820 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Kenwith Castle 330yds (300m) SE of Kenwith | Scheduled monument | 860 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Lenwood bowl barrow, 50m south east of Lenwood Cottage | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Badgershill Wood | Wood | 400 m (0.2 miles) north-west |
| Badgers Hill | Hill | 520 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Kenwith Valley | Valley | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Jennetts Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Mermaid's Pool | Tidal water | 3 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
| Snuffy Corner | Wetland | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bideford College | Secondary | 11–18 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Helen's Church of England School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| West Croft School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Urgent improvement; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Early years: Urgent improvement; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taste EX39 3FP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 9 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Grant Court (2); On or near Greenwood Court (1); On or near Hughes Gardens (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band B, house, semi-detached (lodged 20 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band B, house, semi-detached (lodged 29 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- EX39 3SZ: 16 addresses of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Buckthorn Way · Whitebeam Close · Grant Court · Greenwood Court · Osborne Close · Abbotsham Road · Blackmore Avenue · Valley View · Hughes Gardens · Bailey Mews · Little Field · Osborne Lane
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.