The Arcade Okehampton, West Devon
33 addresses across 2 postcodes (EX20), about 90 m long. USRN 43103967.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2015 the median was £105,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in West Devon cost £286,921 in August 2026 (-1.5% on a year); private rents averaged £854 a month.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 6, 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 7 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 177 times (121 hours) in 2025.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in West Devon costs £2,705 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 86% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Okehampton, about 840 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Simmons Park, is about 180 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 152 to 154 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Okehampton Medical Centre, about 340 m away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 35% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 211 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 involved a pedestrian.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | £105,000 | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £54,000 | £54,000 | £54,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £26,000 | £26,000 | £26,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £22,500 | £22,500 | £22,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2023 | 1 EX20 1EX | Other | £56,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Oct 2017 | 16 EX20 1EX | Other | £90,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 May 2015 | FLAT, 3 EX20 1EX | Terraced | £105,000 | |
| 3 Oct 2003 | 7 EX20 1EX | Terraced | £54,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2000 | FLAT 4, 19 EX20 1EX | Flat or maisonette | £26,000 | Leasehold. |
| 12 Jun 1998 | FLAT 4, 19 EX20 1EX | Flat or maisonette | £22,500 | Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in West Devon
A typical home in West Devon cost £286,921 in August 2026, 1.5% less than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 30% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £432,878 |
| Semi-detached | £286,619 |
| Terraced | £219,965 |
| Flat or maisonette | £146,185 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £231,506 |
Private renters in West Devon paid £854 a month on average in September 2026, 3.9% more than a year before. That is 23% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £608 |
| Two bedrooms | £778 |
| Three bedrooms | £961 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,363 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 54 m². Most common: Flat (8); Maisonette, not recorded (1). Built: 1900-1929 (5); before 1900 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (7); owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
The gas and electricity figures have not been loaded yet.
Council tax
What each band costs in West Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,705 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,804 | £2,104 | £2,405 | £2,705 | £3,307 | £3,908 | £4,509 | £5,411 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (45% of about 1,020 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Okehampton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- 13, FORE STREET, grade II
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 20 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 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 7 low and 6 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1EX | zone 2 | 0 / 2 / 5 | unlikely |
| EX20 1AN | zone 2 | 1 / 1 / 15 | 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
7 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 177 times, for 121 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into East Okement River, Trib of East Okement River, River Okement, West Okement (S).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Gateway 2 Combined Sewer of South West Water | East Okement River | 24 | 14 | 40 m |
| Old Gateway 1 Combined Sewer of South West Water | East Okement River | 43 | 36 | 50 m |
| Taxi Rank 1 Combined Sewer Overflow South West Water | East Okement River | 4 | 1 | 60 m |
| North Street Cso South West Water | Trib of East Okement River | 35 | 22 | 190 m |
| The Olde Smithy Cso South West Water | River Okement | 34 | 19 | 360 m |
| #N/A South West Water | River Okement | 35 | 25 | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Castle Hospital Cso South West Water | West Okement (S) | 2 | 5 | 540 m (0.3 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
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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 33 addresses are between 152 m and 154 m above sea level (154 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1AN | 96% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| EX20 1EX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Okehampton 348,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 21 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fore Street Okehampton | 50 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mill Road Car Park | 230 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 41.5 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 86.5 km (54 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Okehampton Medical Centre Good May 2019 | 340 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pharmaderma Limited Okehampton | 30 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Okehampton Dental Care | 220 m |
| Hospital | Okehampton Hospital | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kent House Good Nov 2025 | 110 m |
| Police station | Okehampton Police | 90 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 130 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Simmons Park 2.9 ha | 180 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Castle Road Allotments 6,920 m² | 300 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 2.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chapel of St James, a listed building (Grade II*), 70 m north-east. 26 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel of St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 70 m north-east |
| Town Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 80 m north-west |
| Simmons Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 460 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Oaklands | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River. | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Stone cross adjoining Fitz or Fice's Well | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sterrage Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Beggars Hill Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Ball Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Hook Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Cors Combe | Valley | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
| Smerdon Marsh | Wetland | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 33 |
9 of the street's 33 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 West Devon: see them on the West Devon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okehampton College | Secondary | 11–18 | 310 m | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit | Primary | 2–11 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Nurseries and childcare
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 350 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okehampton Forest School EX20 1JS | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 350 m | |
| Stepping Stones Day Nursery EX20 1BD | Full day care | 74 | Outstanding (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 390 m |
| FISH Okehampton EX20 1GJ | Out-of-school day care | 37 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFC Fried Chicken EX20 1HB | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 30 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2025 |
| Mai ' da EX20 1HB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 5 Very good | 3 Apr 2025 |
| The Plume of Feathers EX20 1HB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 40 m | 5 Very good | 29 Mar 2025 |
| Room 13 Youth Centre EX20 1DJ | School/college/university | 50 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2025 |
| Boots The Chemist EX20 1HB | Retailers - other | 50 m | Exempt | |
| White Hart Hotel EX20 1HD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 50 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Kempleys Catch EX20 1DS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 50 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2025 |
| Kings Arms EX20 1DW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 60 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2025 |
| Oxfam GB Okehampton EX20 1AN | Retailers - other | 60 m | Exempt | |
| Budgens Fore Street EX20 1AN | Retailers - other | 60 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2025 |
| Okehampton Baptist Church EX20 1AN | Other catering premises | 70 m | 5 Very good | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Ellis Bakery EX20 1AN | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 3 Apr 2025 |
| Brothers EX20 1AN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | 5 Very good | 28 Aug 2025 |
| Victorian Pantry Tearooms EX20 1HQ | Retailers - other | 90 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jun 2025 |
| Dartmoor Herbalist EX20 1HQ | Retailers - other | 90 m | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 76 |
| Shoplifting | 26 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 24 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 22 |
| Public order | 20 |
| Other theft | 16 |
| Drugs | 9 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Fore Street (58); On or near West Street (43); On or near School Way (19); On or near Parking Area (16); On or near East Street (14).
Road safety
5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 5 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian; 2 involved a motorcyclist. 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 23:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | B3260, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 3 Jul 2025 13:05 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 3 Jun 2023 11:52 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | B3260, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 16 Feb 2022 18:00 | Slight | 1 person | B3260, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 23 May 2021 12:49 | Slight | 2 people | B3260, 30 mph | Wet road |
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 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 35% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 64% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 34% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 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
- Food hygiene ratings The Well Being Cafe (restaurant/cafe/canteen, EX20 1DH) is no longer listed; it was rated 5 Very good found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings The Fountain Inn (pub/bar/nightclub, EX20 1AP) is no longer listed; it was rated 4 Good found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Red Lion Cafe (restaurant/cafe/canteen, EX20 1AW) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 14 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings White Hart Hotel (pub/bar/nightclub, EX20 1HD) re-inspected, still 5 Very good (rated 14 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
St James Street · George Street · Fore Street · St James Street · Kempley Road · Park Row · Market Street · Jacob's Pool · West Street · Red Lion Yard · Westbridge Close · Jacobs Pool
All the streets in EX20 and across West Devon.
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.