Burdon Lane Highampton, West Devon
42 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX21), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 43103784.
- Sales: 27 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £470,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 18 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 2, D: 5, E: 8, F: 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 B; Band D in West Devon costs £2,705 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 84% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Okehampton, about 14.5 km (9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 120 to 150 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Black Torrington Surgery, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £470,000 | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £375,750 | £280,000 | £471,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | £286,250 | £282,500 | £290,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £320,000 | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £311,500 | £250,000 | £373,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | £253,750 | £202,500 | £305,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £249,750 | £249,500 | £250,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 2024 | SUMMERLEY EX21 5LX | Detached | £200,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 Feb 2023 | ACORN BARN EX21 5LX | Detached | £470,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2021 | HOUSEMARTINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 10 Sep 2019 | OAKMOOR EX21 5LX | Detached | £471,500 | |
| 8 Jul 2019 | BELLA VISTA EX21 5LX | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 23 Mar 2018 | COB COTTAGE EX21 5LX | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 14 Mar 2018 | HAWTHORN BARN EX21 5LX | Detached | £282,500 | |
| 25 May 2017 | ACORN BARN EX21 5LX | Detached | £320,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2014 | COB COTTAGE EX21 5LX | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 2 Sep 2010 | COB COTTAGE EX21 5LX | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2007 | HOUSEMARTINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £373,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2007 | 2, BURDON EX21 5LX | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2006 | HOUSEMARTINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 22 Mar 2006 | FILKINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 9 Dec 2005 | LITTLE ACORNS EX21 5LX | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 11 Nov 2005 | 2, BURDON EX21 5LX | Detached | £202,500 | |
| 3 Dec 2004 | TRUESDALE EX21 5LX | Detached | £250,000 | New build. |
| 28 May 2004 | OCTOBER HOUSE EX21 5LX | Detached | £249,500 | New build. |
| 21 Oct 2003 | HOUSEMARTINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 6 Dec 2002 | PRIMROSE FARM EX21 5LX | Detached | £440,682 | |
| 2 Aug 2002 | COB COTTAGE EX21 5LX | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2002 | FILKINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £189,000 | |
| 12 Apr 2002 | HOUSEMARTINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £183,000 | |
| 13 Mar 2002 | LITTLE ACORNS EX21 5LX | Detached | £169,500 | |
| 28 Apr 2000 | FILKINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £147,500 | New build. |
| 22 Dec 1999 | HOUSEMARTINS EX21 5LX | Detached | £147,500 | |
| 12 Aug 1996 | BELLA VISTA EX21 5LX | Detached | £78,500 |
Energy performance certificates
18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 160 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (10); House, detached (8). Built: 1983-1990 (7); before 1900 (3); 2003-2006 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
- Barn 1, Primrose Farm, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Barn End, Highampton
- Burdon Farm, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Burdon Oaks, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Cob Cottage, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Higher Odham, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Little Acorns, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Moorland Lodge, Highampton
- Primrose Farm, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Summerley, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- Truesdale, Burdon Lane, Highampton
- West Odham Farm, Burdon Lane, Highampton
Council tax
What each band costs in West Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,705 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,804 | £2,104 | £2,405 | £2,705 | £3,307 | £3,908 | £4,509 | £5,411 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (39% of about 1,180 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- BURDON GRANGE, grade II
- NORTH TREW COTTAGE TREW COTTAGE, grade II
- SOUTH TREW FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE GOLDEN INN, grade II
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
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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX21 5LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX21 5LT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 42 addresses are between 120 m and 150 m above sea level (141 m on average); the ground rises about 30 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX21 5LT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX21 5LX | 84% | 84% | 84% | 16% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Okehampton 348,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.5 km (9 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Post Office Highampton | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 53.3 km (33 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 86.6 km (54 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Black Torrington Surgery | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Holsworthy Hospital | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) |
| Police station | Holsworthy Police Station | 13.6 km (8.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 320 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,880 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hole Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 1 km (0.6 miles) west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hole Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Bowl barrow 80m north west of Windmilland Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Burdongrove Wood | Wood | 490 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Barton Copse | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Highhampton Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Bringer's Park Plantation | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Centernhay Woods | Wood | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-west |
| Birches Copse | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 38 | 42 |
4 of the street's 42 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 West Devon: see them on the West Devon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highampton Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdon Grange Care Home Limited EX21 5LX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 370 m | 4 Good | 5 Feb 2026 |
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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 13% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 22% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 34% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
All the streets in EX21 and across West 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.