Prowse Lane Mid Devon
19 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX17), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 25305145.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 D; Band D in Mid Devon costs £2,656 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 97% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Lapford, about 700 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 81 to 119 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bow Medical Practice, about 5.9 km (3.7 miles) away.
- People: About 700 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 36% 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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (22% of about 1,740 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
- Chapel approximately 40 metres north-east of Bury Barton Farmhouse, grade I
- OUTER COURT OF FARMBUILDINGS APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES NORTH-EAST OF BURY BARTON FARMHOUSE, grade II*
- COURT BARTON FARMHOUSE, grade II
- NORTHCOTT COTTAGE PLEASANT PLEASANT COTTAGE, NORTHCOTT COTTAGE AND ROSEBANK COTTAGE INCLUDING GARDEN RAILINGS TO EAST AND SOUTH ROSEBANK COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 6AA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 6PZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 81 m and 119 m above sea level (84 m on average); the ground rises about 38 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 6AA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX17 6PZ | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lapford 8,490 journeys in 2024–25 | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Morchard Road 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Copplestone 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lapford Cross | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 30.4 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 68.3 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bow Medical Practice | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | North Tawton Pharmacy | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chulmleigh Dental Practice | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Crediton Hospital | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Police station | South Molton Police Station | 18.2 km (11 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 700 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,540 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chapel approximately 40 metres north-east of Bury Barton Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade I), 510 m (0.3 miles) south. 28 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel approximately 40 metres north-east of Bury Barton Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade I | 510 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Outer Court of Farmbuildings Approximately 25 Metres North-East of Bury Barton Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Inner Court of Farmbuildings Adjoining to North of Bury Barton Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 540 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Bury Barton Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m (0.4 miles) south |
| A Roman fort and Roman camp at Bury Barton | Scheduled monument | 580 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bury Wood | Wood | 380 m south |
| Bugford Wood | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Kelland Wood | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Pope's Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Court Copse | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Cornbury Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 19 |
1 of the street's 19 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School Anglican/Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 20% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 5 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 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.