B3179 East Devon
17 addresses across 4 postcodes (EX5), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 12105579.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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 East Devon costs £2,595 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Lympstone Village, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 51 to 92 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Woodbury Surgery, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 49% 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
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 180 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, end-terrace (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 2012 (3); 1950-1966 (2); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in East Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,595 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,730 | £2,019 | £2,307 | £2,595 | £3,172 | £3,749 | £4,326 | £5,191 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (19% of about 1,290 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
Started, not reported finished by 30 September 2026
- 17 September 2026 to 23 September 2026: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX5 1NJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX5 1HL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX5 1FZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX5 1JL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 51 m and 92 m above sea level (66 m on average); the ground rises about 41 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX5 1FZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX5 1HL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX5 1JL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| EX5 1NJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lympstone Village 93,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Lympstone Commando 87,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Exton 25,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Railway Station Topsham | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Turf Lock Inn Ferry Landing Powderham | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Four Firs Car Park | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 80.8 km (50 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Woodbury Surgery | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Lympstone Dental Centre | 3.9 km (2.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Exmouth Hospital | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Police station | Exmouth Police | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Exmouth Brixington Parade, Churchill Road Cashzone | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,030 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,290 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.1 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,130 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Four bowl barrows at Four Firs on Woodbury Common, a scheduled monument, 570 m (0.4 miles) east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Four bowl barrows at Four Firs on Woodbury Common | Scheduled monument | 570 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Two bowl barrows on Woodbury Common, both 330m east of Four Firs | Scheduled monument | 880 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Woodbury Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Four Firs | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Woodbury Wood | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Black Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Bystock Fishponds | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Hawkerland Valley | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north-east |
| The Ridge | Wetland | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 17 |
8 of the street's 17 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 East Devon: see them on the East Devon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 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) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 8 to 9 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
- EX5 1NJ: 9 addresses
- EX5 1HL: 6 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- EX5 1FZ: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- EX5 1JL: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
All the streets in EX5 and across East 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.