Junction Road Bow, Mid Devon
19 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX17), about 1.0 km long, classed as a local road. USRN 25302206.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 1, G: 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 C; 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 Copplestone, about 3.6 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 117 to 138 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bow Medical Practice, about 570 m away.
- People: About 180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 38% 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
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 236 m². Most common: House, detached (6). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
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 C (23% of about 810 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- COLLATONS, grade II
- REAR COURTYARD OUTBUILDINGS AND COB WALLS ADJOINING TO NORTH OF COLLATONS, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 8 August 2026: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
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 19 addresses are between 117 m and 138 m above sea level (126 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 6FB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 6JP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Copplestone 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km |
| Morchard Road 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| Yeoford 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 1 within 800 m; nearest Iter Park Bow | 780 m |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 9.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 28.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 73.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bow Medical Practice | 570 m |
| Pharmacies | North Tawton Pharmacy | 7.0 km |
| NHS dentists | North Tawton Dental Practice | 7.0 km |
| Hospital | Crediton Hospital | 8.8 km |
| Police station | Okehampton Volunteer Police Cadets | 15.5 km |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Bow Burston Cross Road, Bursten Cross Cashzone | 2.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 60 m² | 710 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.3 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 620 m² | 2.7 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wayside cross 100m north west of East Langford, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km south-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wayside cross 100m north west of East Langford | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south-west |
| Bowl barrow 140m south east of Burston Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km west |
| Bowl barrow 130m north east of Burston Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Combe Fish Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km north-east |
| Paschoe Gratton Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km south-east |
| Thorn Copse | Wood | 1.6 km north-east |
| Ladywell Copse | Wood | 1.7 km south-east |
| Hayne Plantation | Wood | 2.0 km north-west |
| Higherdown Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 19 |
2 of the street's 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bow Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 6% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 22% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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.
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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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.