Maine Close Bideford, Torridge
15 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX39), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40903616.
- Sales: 29 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £377,950 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Torridge cost £267,174 in August 2026 (+0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £792 a month.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 7, D: 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 13 times (7 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Torridge costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, about 12.8 km (8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 450 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 22 to 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bideford Medical Centre, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £377,950 | £377,950 | £377,950 |
| 2020 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | £244,000 | £206,500 | £265,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £249,950 | £249,950 | £249,950 |
| 2007 | 3 | £246,000 | £195,000 | £247,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | £232,250 | £220,000 | £244,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £187,000 | £187,000 | £187,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £186,000 | £186,000 | £186,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | £170,000 | £127,950 | £185,950 |
| 2001 | 1 | £109,950 | £109,950 | £109,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2005 | 1 EX39 3RR | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2000 | 1 EX39 3RR | Detached | £114,950 | New build. |
| 7 Dec 2000 | 2 EX39 3RR | Detached | £115,950 | New build. |
| 27 Mar 2015 | 3 EX39 3RR | Detached | £244,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2000 | 3 EX39 3RR | Detached | £102,950 | New build. |
| 4 Oct 2012 | 4 EX39 3RR | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2007 | 4 EX39 3RR | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 1 Oct 2002 | 4 EX39 3RR | Detached | £127,950 | |
| 29 Sep 2000 | 4 EX39 3RR | Detached | £86,500 | New build. |
| 13 Oct 2000 | 5 EX39 3RR | Detached | £120,000 | New build. |
| 4 Dec 2020 | 6 EX39 3RR | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2002 | 6 EX39 3RR | Detached | £170,000 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 2021 | 7 EX39 3RR | Detached | £377,950 | |
| 7 Sep 2015 | 7 EX39 3RR | Detached | £265,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2002 | 7 EX39 3RR | Detached | £179,950 | New build. |
| 31 May 2005 | 8 EX39 3RR | Detached | £244,500 | |
| 28 Jun 2002 | 8 EX39 3RR | Detached | £170,000 | New build. |
| 1 Aug 2002 | 9 EX39 3RR | Detached | £185,950 | New build. |
| 8 Sep 2017 | 10 EX39 3RR | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 25 Nov 2015 | 10 EX39 3RR | Detached | £206,500 | |
| 1 Dec 2000 | 10 EX39 3RR | Detached | £85,950 | New build. |
| 15 Apr 2010 | 11 EX39 3RR | Detached | £249,950 | |
| 17 Dec 2003 | 11 EX39 3RR | Detached | £186,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2000 | 11 EX39 3RR | Detached | £114,950 | New build. |
| 19 Jan 2007 | 12 EX39 3RR | Detached | £246,000 | |
| 23 Jan 2004 | 12 EX39 3RR | Detached | £187,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2000 | 12 EX39 3RR | Detached | £111,950 | New build. |
| 15 Aug 2007 | 14 EX39 3RR | Detached | £247,000 | |
| 8 Jan 2001 | 14 EX39 3RR | Detached | £109,950 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Torridge
A typical home in Torridge cost £267,174 in August 2026, 0.3% more than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 34% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £389,229 |
| Semi-detached | £276,215 |
| Terraced | £207,983 |
| Flat or maisonette | £136,612 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £214,439 |
Private renters in Torridge paid £792 a month on average in September 2026, 2.1% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £567 |
| Two bedrooms | £742 |
| Three bedrooms | £912 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,274 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: House, detached (9). Built: 1996-2002 (8); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,103 kWh of it on average in 2024, 14% more than the district's 8,872 kWh, and 4,490 kWh of electricity, 29% more than the district's 3,494 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX39 3RR | 12 | 3,251 kWh | 13 | 8,424 kWh |
| EX39 3RD | 10 | 2,598 kWh | 9 | 9,533 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is EX39.
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 C (42% 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 13 times, for 7 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Tributary of Kenwith (S), Kenwith Stream.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreton Park Road Cso South West Water | Tributary of Kenwith (S) | 2 | 0 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Laurel Avenue Cso South West Water | Kenwith Stream | 11 | 7 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 22 m and 35 m above sea level (28 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX39 3RD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX39 3RR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Barnstaple 609,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.8 km (8 miles) |
| Chapelton (Devon) 160 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.1 km (8.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kenwith View Bideford | 110 m |
| Ferry terminal | Bideford Ferry Landing | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 65.4 km (41 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 74.5 km (46 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bideford Medical Centre Good Jun 2020 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bideford Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tower House Dental Surgery | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Bideford Hospital | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Care homes | 7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rosehill Bideford Ltd Good Jul 2021 | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Constabulary | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | Central Convenience - The Square, Northam Cashzone | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,860 m² | 310 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cross ridge dyke on Godborough Castle earthwork NW of Turner's Wood, a scheduled monument, 480 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cross ridge dyke on Godborough Castle earthwork NW of Turner's Wood | Scheduled monument | 480 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Kenwith Castle 330yds (300m) SE of Kenwith | Scheduled monument | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Lenwood bowl barrow, 50m south east of Lenwood Cottage | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Turner's Wood | Wood | 330 m north |
| Raleigh Hill | Hill | 620 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Kenwith Valley | Valley | 720 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Jennetts Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Snuffy Corner | Wetland | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Mermaid's Pool | Tidal water | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 15 | 15 |
None of the street's 15 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bideford College | Secondary | 11–18 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.3 (45.7 in 2025 and 42.5 in 2024); 41.1% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 23.5% AAB or better; progress above average |
| West Croft School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Urgent improvement; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Early years: Urgent improvement; Safeguarding standards: Met | 38% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 29% in 2024 and 23% in 2023) |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| St Helen's Church of England School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Little Learners Childcare EX39 3JZ | Full day care | 30 | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Bideford Baptist Pre-school EX39 2JR | Sessional day care | 40 | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 328 childminders and 60 home childcarers (nannies) in Devon. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Malvern Way (1); On or near Warren View (1); On or near Field End (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 1% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 8 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
Harvest Lane · Godborough View · Warren View · Northdown Road · Greenfield Close · Field End · Kenwith View · Malvern Way · Stanbridge Park · Lane Field Road · Thornton Close · Four Acres
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.