Barn Hill Mid Devon
30 addresses across 7 postcodes (EX17), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25300150.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 4, D: 5, 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Mid Devon costs £2,656 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Morchard Road, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 95 to 145 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 30 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bow Medical Practice, about 3.5 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 31% 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
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 137 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Flat (3); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1983-1990 (4); 2003-2006 (3); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (1); rented (social) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Mid Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,656 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,771 | £2,066 | £2,361 | £2,656 | £3,247 | £3,837 | £4,427 | £5,313 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (20% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- 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
- THE OLD RECTORY, grade II*
- GATE POSTS APPROXIMATELY 150 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE OLD RECTORY, grade II
- HOUND HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 13 METRES EAST SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- RADFORD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES EAST OF NORTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- RADFORD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- Wistaria Cottage, St Georges Cottage and The Old Post Office, grade II
- WOOLFIN FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 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 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: of the 12 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 5LG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 6EF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 6EA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 6DX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 5LF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 5LW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX17 6DU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 30 addresses are between 95 m and 145 m above sea level (124 m on average); the ground rises about 50 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 5LF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 5LG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| EX17 5LW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 6DU | 86% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 6DX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 6EA | 88% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| EX17 6EF | 86% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Morchard Road 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Copplestone 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | |
| Lapford 8,490 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Union Hill Morchard Road | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 27 km (17 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 70.5 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bow Medical Practice | 3.5 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Crediton Pharmacy | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wistaria Dental Practice | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Crediton Hospital | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Police station | Okehampton Volunteer Police Cadets | 18.4 km (11 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Bow Burston Cross Road, Bursten Cross Cashzone | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 530 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 290 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2,790 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,490 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Old Rectory, a listed building (Grade II*), 1 km (0.6 miles) west. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Rectory | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Churchyard cross 20m south east of Down St Mary church | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Churchyard cross 12m west of Down St Mary church tower | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Western Moor Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Sladehays Copse | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Chaffcombe Copse | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Thorn Copse | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Combe Fish Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Cornbury Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 30 |
6 of the street's 30 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 Mid Devon: see them on the Mid Devon page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 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 | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- EX17 5LG: 9 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- EX17 6EF: 7 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- EX17 6EA: 6 addresses of 36 in the postcode
- EX17 6DX: 5 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- EX17 5LF: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- EX17 5LW: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- EX17 6DU: 1 address of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.