Saint Teresa's Close Northam, Torridge
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX39), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40900204.
- 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: 1 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 20 times (25 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% 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 A; Band D in Torridge costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 20% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, about 11.4 km (7.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Northam Burrows Country Park, is about 790 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 50 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Northam Surgery, about 270 m away.
- People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 30 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 2 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
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
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 128 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,233 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,680 kWh of electricity, 23% less than the district's 3,494 kWh. There are gas meters for about 87% of the homes.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (30% of about 1,910 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Buckleigh Service Reservoir, Bay View Road, Bideford: up to 3 homes, not permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
- Buckleigh Service Reservoir, Bay View Road, Bideford: up to 3 homes, not permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
- Buckleigh Service Reservoir, Bay View Road, Bideford: up to 3 homes, not permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX39 1EB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX39 1JW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
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 20 times, for 25 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Tributary of the Pill Via Sws, Bideford Bay &Amp; the Pill.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causeway Close Cso South West Water | Tributary of the Pill Via Sws | 10 | 7 | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Northam Waste Water Pumping Station South West Water | Bideford Bay &Amp; the Pill | 10 | 19 | 900 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
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: 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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). 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 4 addresses are between 43 m and 50 m above sea level (48 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX39 1EB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX39 1JW | 100% | 20% | 20% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Barnstaple 609,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
| Chapelton (Devon) 160 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km (8.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Square Northam | 210 m |
| Ferry terminal | Appledore Ferry Landing | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 65.9 km (41 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 72.7 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northam Surgery Outstanding Jun 2016 | 270 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 270 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northam Dental Surgery (Adp) | 270 m |
| Hospital | Bideford Hospital | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Care homes | 13 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lakenham Residential Care Home Good Nov 2022 | 200 m |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Constabulary | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central Convenience - The Square, Northam Cashzone | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Northam Burrows Country Park 229 ha | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 190 m² | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,210 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,500 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 229 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Margaret, a listed building (Grade I), 170 m east. 25 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Margaret | Listed building, Grade I | 170 m east |
| Porthill | Listed building, Grade II* | 730 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Two decoy targets at Northam Radar Station | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Lenwood bowl barrow, 50m south east of Lenwood Cottage | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Wreck off Northam Burrows | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Tapeley Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 3 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Snuffy Corner | Wetland | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Raleigh Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| Westward Ho! Beach | Beach | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Raleigh Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Sandymere | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Kenwith Valley | Valley | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 4 |
3 of the street's 4 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 260 m | Requires improvement (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | 46% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 19% in 2024 and 38% in 2023) |
| St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School Church of England | Primary | 3–7 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | None published |
| Appledore School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 87% in 2023) |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 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) |
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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 330 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Happy Place Ltd EX39 1HT | Out-of-school day care | 16 | Not inspected yet | 330 m |
| Snapdragons Pre-School EX39 1HT | Sessional day care | 20 | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 330 m |
| Muddy Boots EX39 2RQ | Full day care | 24 | Outstanding (Jun 2021, 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakenham Residential Care Home EX39 1JJ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 200 m | 4 Good | 12 Dec 2025 |
| On Track Education Services Ltd EX39 1AW | School/college/university | 220 m | 5 Very good | 30 Jun 2026 |
| Costcutter EX39 1AR | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 230 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 27 Aug 2025 |
| The Square Studio EX39 1AR | Retailers - other | 240 m | Exempt | |
| Northam Coffee House EX39 1AW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 240 m | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Northam News EX39 1AR | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 8 May 2015 |
| Kingsburg EX39 1AR | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 240 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 17 Dec 2025 |
| The Crowbar EX39 1AW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 250 m | 5 Very good | 4 Jun 2026 |
| The Kingsley Inn EX39 1AW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 250 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Memories Restaurant EX39 1AW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2025 |
| Boots UK Ltd EX39 1AZ | Retailers - other | 270 m | Exempt | |
| Seahorse Fish And Chips EX39 1BS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 300 m | 5 Very good | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Golden Lion EX39 1BS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 300 m | 5 Very good | 27 Aug 2025 |
| Community Lunch @ The Chapel EX39 1BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 4 Good | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Snapdragons Pre-School EX39 1HT | School/college/university | 320 m | 5 Very good | 12 Feb 2015 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 19 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Square (11); On or near Tower Street (10); On or near Springfield Crescent (3); On or near Glebefields (2); On or near Lakenham Hill (1).
Road safety
5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 4 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 2 involved a pedestrian. 40% happened in the dark, and 40% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2024 22:55 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 23 Nov 2024 09:45 | Slight | 1 person | B3236, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 6 Mar 2024 15:48 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 20 Mar 2023 21:35 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 9 Feb 2022 07:34 | Serious | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 7 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
St Teresas Court · Lakenham Hill · B3236 · Mondeville Way · Piggy Lane · Tower Street · Glebefields · The Square · Highfield · Springfield Crescent · Diddywell Road · Diddywell Road
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.