Torridge Road Appledore, Torridge

89 addresses across 10 postcodes (EX39), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 40901346.

  • Sales: 54 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £1,097,500 across 2 sales.
  • Energy: 45 homes have an energy certificate (B: 17, C: 14, D: 13, E: 1).
  • 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 A; Band D in Torridge costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Barnstaple, about 10 km (6.2 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 410 m (0.3 miles) away, and Northam Burrows Country Park (229 hectares) is about 540 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 7 to 31 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 7 of its 89 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Northam Surgery, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
  • People: About 1,070 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20252£1,097,500£695,000£1,500,000
20241£695,000£695,000£695,000
20231£785,000£785,000£785,000
20221£400,000£400,000£400,000
20214£250,000£150,000£550,000
20194£479,500£355,000£577,000
20181£271,000£271,000£271,000
20175£525,000£206,000£550,000
20162£220,000£218,000£222,000
20154£207,500£185,000£500,000
20133£225,000£192,500£267,000
20113£249,000£247,500£260,000
Most recent sales (latest 50 of 54)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
17 Jul 2025SANDBANKS EX39 1SFDetached£1,500,000
4 Jul 20253, HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFTerraced£695,000
19 Sep 2024ALBATROSS EX39 1SQSemi-detached£305,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Aug 20242 HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFSemi-detached£695,000
27 Feb 20234 HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFSemi-detached£785,000
28 Nov 2022PETROCK EX39 1SQSemi-detached£400,000
8 Dec 2021SENGA EX39 1SQDetached£350,000
8 Dec 2021SENGA EX39 1SQOther£10,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
8 Dec 2021STILL WATERS EX39 1SQOther£10,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
1 Jul 2021PLOT 8, TIDES REACH EX39 1FYDetached£150,000New build.
1 Jul 2021PLOT 7, TIDES REACH EX39 1FYDetached£150,000New build.
30 Jun 20212, CHERRY SANDS EX39 1SQDetached£550,000
1 Sep 2020FAIRWAYS EX39 1SFDetached£650,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Dec 2019TAINUI EX39 1SQDetached£355,000
7 Nov 2019TWO RIVERS EX39 1SQDetached£577,000
1 Nov 2019WOODBURY EX39 1SQSemi-detached£348,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Aug 2019HIGH TIDES EX39 1SQDetached£559,000
18 Apr 2019MILLERS REST EX39 1SQSemi-detached£400,000
12 Oct 2018CLIFTON EX39 1SQTerraced£271,000
24 Nov 20172, CHERRY SANDS EX39 1SQOther£200,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
19 Oct 2017PETROCK EX39 1SQSemi-detached£255,000
6 Feb 20174 HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFSemi-detached£540,000
3 Feb 20175 EX39 1SQTerraced£206,000
27 Jan 20173, HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFTerraced£525,000
20 Jan 20171, HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFSemi-detached£550,000
16 Dec 20162 HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFSemi-detached£531,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
19 Aug 2016KILLARNEY EX39 1SQSemi-detached£222,000
1 Aug 2016RIVERS MEET EX39 1SQSemi-detached£218,000
22 Dec 2015TWO RIVERS EX39 1SQDetached£185,000
15 Dec 2015TAINUI EX39 1SQDetached£215,000
20 Nov 2015LOOKOUT EX39 1SQSemi-detached£200,000
1 Sep 2015HARBOUR LIGHTS EX39 1SFDetached£505,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
12 Jan 2015TAMARISK EX39 1SFDetached£500,000
10 Oct 2013LA MOUETTE, 26 EX39 1SFDetached£267,000
26 Jun 2013TWO RIVERS EX39 1SQDetached£192,500
21 May 2013RHYSWOOD EX39 1SQTerraced£225,000
11 Nov 20111, TIDEWAYS EX39 1SQSemi-detached£249,000
28 Oct 20112, TIDEWAYS EX39 1SQSemi-detached£247,500
19 Jan 2011THE SHEILING EX39 1SFDetached£260,000
11 Oct 2010WEST VIEW EX39 1SFDetached£290,000
15 Sep 2010SALT WINDS EX39 1SFDetached£460,000
22 Jun 2010SKERNSIDE EX39 1SFDetached£275,000
28 May 2010TWO RIVERS EX39 1SQDetached£118,000
30 Apr 20101, TIDEWAYS EX39 1SQDetached£249,950
11 Sep 2009CLIFTON EX39 1SQTerraced£195,000
27 Nov 2007RHYSWOOD EX39 1SQTerraced£170,000
31 Oct 2007SANDBANKS EX39 1SFDetached£432,500
19 Oct 2007PUFFINS EX39 1SQDetached£245,000
18 Nov 2004PETROCK EX39 1SQSemi-detached£179,000
30 Sep 20045 EX39 1SQTerraced£168,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from April 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

45 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 115 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (11); House, semi-detached (10); Bungalow, detached (8). Built: 1950-1966 (11); 1930-1949 (8); 2017 (8). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (24); rented (social) (4); rented (private) (1).

Each home's certificates and sales (32 addresses)

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 (27% of about 1,710 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Appledore (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 12.
  • 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

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

Planned, as of 31 October 2026

  • 4 November 2026 to 6 November 2026: BT, New service connection, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)

Finished in the last three months

  • 14 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, give and take, on the carriageway (minor works)
  • 22 September 2026 to 23 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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 2 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
EX39 1SQnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1SFnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 2 unlikely
EX39 1SEnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1FJnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1FYnot in 2 or 3
EX39 1SDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1NGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1RLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1RWnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
EX39 1SGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's 89 addresses are between 7 m and 31 m above sea level (14 m on average); the ground rises about 24 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
EX39 1FJ100%100%100%0%
EX39 1FY100%100%100%0%
EX39 1NG50%0%0%0%
EX39 1RL100%0%0%0%
EX39 1RW100%100%100%0%
EX39 1SD100%100%100%0%
EX39 1SE100%100%100%0%
EX39 1SF100%100%100%0%
EX39 1SG100%100%100%0%
EX39 1SQ100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsBarnstaple 609,000 journeys in 2024–2510 km (6.2 miles)
Chapelton (Devon) 160 journeys in 2024–2513.2 km (8.2 miles)
Bus stops1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Appledore Shelter390 m
Ferry terminalAppledore Ferry Landing840 m (0.5 miles)
Car parksSandhills Car Park1.8 km (1.1 miles)
EV charging pointsbp pulse Charging Station2.4 km (1.5 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsExeter International Airport EXT65.9 km (41 miles)
Nearest large airportCardiff International Airport CWL71.1 km (44 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeriesNortham Surgery2 km (1.3 miles)
PharmaciesBoots2 km (1.3 miles)
NHS dentistsNortham Dental Surgery (Adp)2 km (1.3 miles)
HospitalBideford Hospital4.1 km (2.6 miles)
Police stationDevon & Cornwall Constabulary4.4 km (2.7 miles)
Cash machinesSpar Westward Ho!, Westward Ho!1.6 km (1 mile)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 740 m²410 m (0.3 miles)
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Northam Burrows Country Park 229 ha540 m (0.3 miles)
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 840 m²450 m (0.3 miles)
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Anchor Park 6,940 m²400 m (0.2 miles)
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 810 m²660 m (0.4 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 229 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon Hill, a scheduled monument, 390 m east. 118 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Civil War Fieldwork on Staddon HillScheduled monument390 m east
Docton HouseListed building, Grade II*760 m (0.5 miles) south-east
Richmond DockListed building, Grade II*800 m (0.5 miles) south-east
DiddywellListed building, Grade II*880 m (0.5 miles) south
Two decoy targets at Northam Radar StationScheduled monument1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west
Tapeley ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II*2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Staddon HillHill370 m east
SkernWetland460 m (0.3 miles) north-west
Appledore PoolTidal water730 m (0.5 miles) north-east
SandymereLake or reservoir1.9 km (1.2 miles) west
Tapeley WoodWood2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east
Kenwith ValleyValley3.6 km (2.2 miles) south

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)2.54010
Fine particles (PM2.5)4.5205
Particles (PM10)7.64015

All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5970
Under 558289

7 of the street's 89 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

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 3 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Appledore SchoolPrimary3–11520 m (0.3 miles) Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School Church of EnglandPrimary3–71.5 km (0.9 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
St Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.6 km (1 mile) Requires improvement (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 3 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Skern Lodge Ltd EX39 1NGHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house190 m5 Very good18 Jun 2026
Appledore Football Club EX39 1PAPub/bar/nightclub470 m (0.3 miles)Exempt

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (devon-and-cornwall).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 5 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 1,070 residents in 544 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5540
Children under 1511%17%
Aged 65 and over34%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)73%61%
Owned outright52%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented10%17%
Private rented16%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work47%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)7%6%
Retired (of adults)39%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)31%32%
Travel to work by car or van55%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram0%4%
By any public transport, including bus2%8%
On foot or by bicycle10%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)59%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away10%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)33%34%
No qualifications15%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification9%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)99%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 20 October 2026 to 21 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
  • Roadworks Street works permit: BT: New service connection, 4 November 2026 to 6 November 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Watertown · Tides Reach · Polywell · Western Avenue · The Mount · Mariner's Way · Staddon Road · Jubilee Road · The Lifeboat Slip · Scott Avenue · Western Avenue · Torridge Road

All the streets in EX39 and across Torridge.

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.