Brockfield Hook, East Devon
19 addresses across 3 postcodes (EX13), about 1.0 km long. USRN 12103673.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3, E: 2).
- 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 E; Band D in East Devon costs £2,595 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Axminster, about 7.1 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 89 to 142 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ariel Healthcare, about 3.4 km away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 36% 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
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 209 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (4); before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (2).
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (27% of about 630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- CROOKED CHIMNEY, grade II
- HIGHER FARWAY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE COTTAGE, 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, 1 address is 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX13 7DD | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX13 7LA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX13 7JZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 89 m and 142 m above sea level (114 m on average); the ground rises about 53 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX13 7DD | 6% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| EX13 7JZ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX13 7LA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Axminster 418,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km |
| Honiton 337,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.6 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 4.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 32.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 63.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ariel Healthcare | 3.4 km |
| Pharmacies | Mortons Pharmacy Chard Holyrood Street | 3.8 km |
| NHS dentists | Spa Dental Practice | 3.9 km |
| Hospital | Chard Hospital | 4.5 km |
| Police station | Chard Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 4.0 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 4.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,420 m² | 2.7 km |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 800 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,740 m² | 2.4 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lower Ridge, a listed building (Grade II*), 750 m north-west. 15 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Ridge | Listed building, Grade II* | 750 m north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Farway Marsh | Wetland | 340 m south |
| Brockfield Bottom | Valley | 420 m north |
| Parks Coppice | Wood | 1.2 km south |
| Ridge Hill | Hill | 1.2 km north |
| Burridge Common | Wood | 1.3 km north-east |
| Spittle Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.4 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's CofE Primary Academy Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km | Requires improvement (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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
- EX13 7DD: 16 addresses of 43 in the postcode
- EX13 7LA: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- EX13 7JZ: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
All the streets in EX13 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.