Colscott West Putford, Torridge
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX22), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long. USRN 40902707.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £572,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 1, 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 D; Band D in Torridge costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chapelton (Devon), about 25.2 km (16 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 156 to 190 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bradworthy Surgery, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £572,500 | £572,500 | £572,500 |
| 2020 | 1 | £440,000 | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £565,000 | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £394,000 | £394,000 | £394,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £435,000 | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £211,500 | £211,500 | £211,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £237,500 | £193,000 | £282,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2024 | NEW LANE EX22 7UX | Other | £500,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Oct 2021 | BRAMBLE COTTAGE EX22 7UX | Detached | £572,500 | |
| 29 Sep 2020 | CLOVER COTTAGE EX22 7UX | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2017 | (GREGORYS) EX22 7UX | Detached | £565,000 | |
| 31 May 2016 | THE OLD DAIRY EX22 7UX | Other | £135,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Nov 2009 | SPRINGFIELD EX22 7UX | Detached | £394,000 | |
| 10 Oct 2006 | SPRINGFIELD EX22 7UX | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 9 Sep 2005 | EDDY'S EX22 7UX | Detached | £211,500 | |
| 31 Mar 2004 | LANGS EX22 7UX | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2002 | BRAMBLE COTTAGE EX22 7UX | Detached | £282,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2002 | NEW LANE EX22 7UX | Detached | £193,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2001 | (LANGS) EX22 7UX | Detached | £70,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 193 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 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 D (32% of about 930 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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 156 m and 190 m above sea level (165 m on average); the ground rises about 34 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX22 7UX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| EX22 7XA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Chapelton (Devon) 160 journeys in 2024–25 | 25.2 km (16 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 67.8 km (42 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 88.5 km (55 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bradworthy Surgery | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Hospital | Holsworthy Hospital | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Police station | Holsworthy Police Station | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 480 m² | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Long barrow 540m south west of Sanders's Cross, a scheduled monument, 760 m (0.5 miles) south.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Long barrow 540m south west of Sanders's Cross | Scheduled monument | 760 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Northmoor Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Gardenclose Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Hill Copse | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Mambury Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
| Bower Plantation | Wood | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
| Broomball Wood | Wood | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 7 |
2 of the street's 7 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 Torridge: see them on the Torridge 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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 23% | 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) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 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 4 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
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.