Union Hill Mid Devon
19 addresses across 5 postcodes (EX17), about 760 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25300168.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £735,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 6, E: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 0% to 12% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Morchard Road, about 640 m 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 91 to 144 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bow Medical Practice, about 3.4 km away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £735,000 | £735,000 | £735,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £376,200 | £376,200 | £376,200 |
| 2001 | 1 | £212,000 | £212,000 | £212,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2025 | HIGHFIELD EX17 6EQ | Detached | £735,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2012 | CARTREF EX17 6EQ | Detached | £376,200 | |
| 27 Jun 2001 | CARTREF EX17 6EQ | Detached | £212,000 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 108 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, mid-terrace (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (6); 1983-1990 (2); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (1).
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (20% of about 760 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
- HOUND HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 13 METRES EAST SOUTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- RADFORD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES EAST OF NORTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- RADFORD HEADSTONE APPROXIMATELY 3 METRES EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- Wistaria Cottage, St Georges Cottage and The Old Post Office, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 14 September 2026: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: of the 31 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 6DY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 6EQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 5LH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 5LS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX17 5LW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 91 m and 144 m above sea level (132 m on average); the ground rises about 53 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 5LH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 5LS | 47% | 12% | 12% | 53% |
| EX17 5LW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 6DY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX17 6EQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Morchard Road 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 640 m |
| Copplestone 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Lapford 8,490 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest Shelter Down St Mary | 270 m |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 9.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 28.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 70.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bow Medical Practice | 3.4 km |
| Pharmacies | North Tawton Pharmacy | 8.7 km |
| NHS dentists | North Tawton Dental Practice | 8.7 km |
| Hospital | Crediton Hospital | 8.6 km |
| Police station | Okehampton Volunteer Police Cadets | 17.9 km |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Bow Burston Cross Road, Bursten Cross Cashzone | 4.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 840 m² | 2.5 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 3.0 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Churchyard cross 20m south east of Down St Mary church, a scheduled monument, 320 m south-west. 19 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard cross 20m south east of Down St Mary church | Scheduled monument | 320 m south-west |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 320 m south-west |
| Churchyard cross 12m west of Down St Mary church tower | Scheduled monument | 340 m south-west |
| The Old Rectory | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bartonbury Copse | Wood | 1.3 km south-west |
| Brake Copse | Wood | 1.6 km west |
| Sladehays Copse | Wood | 1.6 km south |
| Chaffcombe Copse | Wood | 1.7 km south |
| Cornbury Hill | Hill | 2.1 km north |
| Combe Fish Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km south |
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) | 8.7 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 19 |
7 of the street's 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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.
Postcodes on this street
- EX17 6DY: 9 addresses
- EX17 6EQ: 4 addresses
- EX17 5LH: 3 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- EX17 5LS: 2 addresses of 75 in the postcode
- EX17 5LW: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.