Ford Road Mid Devon
25 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX16), about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25300532.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 2, E: 1, F: 5, G: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are 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 B; Band D in Mid Devon costs £2,656 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 39% to 40% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Tiverton Parkway, about 11.2 km (6.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 107 to 177 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Exmoor Medical Centre, about 7.6 km (4.7 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 47% 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
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Bungalow, detached (4); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1950-1966 (2); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (2).
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 B (23% of about 1,160 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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
- 10, BRITON STREET, grade II
- 16 AND 16A, BRITON STREET, grade II
- 7,9 AND 11, BRITON STREET, grade II
- CROFT HOUSE, grade II
- FIVE LANES, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, BRITON STREET, grade II
- PACKHORSE WAY AND LITTLE OAK, grade II
- THE TOLL-HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- East of Simla Cottage, Ashleigh Park, permissioned (500 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 26 September 2026 to 27 September 2026: SOUTH WEST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 8 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 22 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX16 9DP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX16 9LN | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 1 / 7 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 107 m and 177 m above sea level (124 m on average); the ground rises about 70 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX16 9DP | 93% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| EX16 9LN | 100% | 39% | 39% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Tiverton Parkway 683,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (6.9 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Tiverton | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 7.3 km (4.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 28.5 km (18 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 46.4 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Exmoor Medical Centre | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bampton Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dulverton Dental Practice | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Bft Southmead Tiverton & District Hospital | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| Police station | Tiverton Police Station | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,220 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,780 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bampton Castle, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west. 23 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bampton Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sparkhayne Plantation | Wood | 300 m south |
| Hangingcleave Copse | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Bampton Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Bowbier Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Austurn Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| No Man's Bottom | Valley | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 25 |
6 of the street's 25 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bampton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 44% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 59% | 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 | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 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 | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 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 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
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.