Upcott Hill Okehampton, West Devon
29 addresses across 3 postcodes (EX20), about 700 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 43100282.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £688,000 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: 19 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2, C: 1, D: 9, E: 5, F: 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.
- 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.
- Radon: Up to 30% or more 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 West Devon costs £2,705 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 65% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Okehampton, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Simmons Park, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) 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 171 to 246 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 29 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Okehampton Medical Centre, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £688,000 | £688,000 | £688,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £302,500 | £280,000 | £325,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £457,500 | £450,000 | £465,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £445,000 | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £67,500 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 2021 | BEECHWOOD EX20 1JJ | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 4 Feb 2014 | CORNHILL EX20 1SQ | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 19 Sep 2008 | HILLCREST EX20 1SQ | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2006 | LOWER UPCOTT EX20 1SQ | Detached | £465,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2007 | OAKFIELD EX20 1SQ | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 2 Jun 2023 | PENSHURST EX20 1SQ | Detached | £688,000 | |
| 31 May 2006 | PENSHURST EX20 1SQ | Detached | £450,000 | New build. |
| 10 Sep 2021 | THE LODGE EX20 1SQ | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 14 Nov 2018 | THE LODGE EX20 1SQ | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 16 May 2005 | THE LODGE EX20 1SQ | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 10 Jun 2010 | TOR VIEW EX20 1SQ | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 9 Oct 1995 | TOR VIEW EX20 1SQ | Detached | £67,500 | |
| 1 Mar 2002 | UPCOTT HOUSE EX20 1SQ | Detached | £445,000 |
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
19 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 90 m². Most common: Flat (8); Bungalow, detached (5); House, detached (4). Built: before 1900 (4); 1900-1929 (3); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9); rented (private) (9).
Each home's certificates and sales (19 addresses)
- BEECHWOOD, UPCOTT HILL, OKEHAMPTON
- Beggars Roost, Upcott Hill
- Cornhill, Upcott Hill
- Flat 1, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 2, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 3, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 4, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 5, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 6, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 7, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 8, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Flat 9, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Hillcrest, Upcott Hill
- Mumbledown Cleave, Upcott Hill
- Penshurst, Upcott Hill
- The Lodge, Upcott Hill
- The Stables, Upcott House, Upcott Hill
- Tor View, Upcott Hill
- Upcott House, Upcott Hill
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 12,709 kWh of it on average in 2024, 36% more than the district's 9,375 kWh, and 4,404 kWh of electricity, 5% more than the district's 4,200 kWh. There are gas meters for about 67% of the homes.
1 of its postcodes has no gas meters recorded among 10 or more homes: often flats heated by electricity, or homes off the gas grid.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1SQ | 13 | 6,817 kWh | none recorded | |
| EX20 1UW | 26 | 2,496 kWh | 26 | 12,650 kWh |
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 EX20.
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 (28% of about 820 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- LOWER UPCOTT AND, 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
Finished in the last three months
- 10 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 8 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, 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 15 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 26 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 15 low and 4 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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1SQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX20 1JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX20 1UW | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 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 Trib of East Okement River, East Okement River, River Okement, West Okement (S).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Street Cso South West Water | Trib of East Okement River | 35 | 22 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Old Gateway 1 Combined Sewer of South West Water | East Okement River | 43 | 36 | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Old Gateway 2 Combined Sewer of South West Water | East Okement River | 24 | 14 | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| The Olde Smithy Cso South West Water | River Okement | 34 | 19 | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Taxi Rank 1 Combined Sewer Overflow South West Water | East Okement River | 4 | 1 | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| #N/A South West Water | River Okement | 35 | 25 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Castle Hospital Cso South West Water | West Okement (S) | 2 | 5 | 780 m (0.5 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 30% or more: 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 29 addresses are between 171 m and 246 m above sea level (195 m on average); the ground rises about 75 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX20 1JJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX20 1SQ | 80% | 65% | 65% | 0% |
| EX20 1UW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Okehampton 348,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Glendale Road Okehampton | 280 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Co-op Okehampton Car Park | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 42.3 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 86.6 km (54 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Okehampton Medical Centre Good May 2019 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pharmaderma Limited Okehampton | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Okehampton Dental Care | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Okehampton Hospital | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kent House Good Nov 2025 | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Okehampton Police | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Okehampton Cashzone | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Simmons Park 2.9 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 560 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 370 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest North Street Allotments 4,040 m² | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 500 m (0.3 miles) south. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Town Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Oaklands | Listed building, Grade II* | 880 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Chapel of St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Simmons Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Okehampton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River. | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Okehampton Roman fort, fortlet and associated enclosures | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Guide post at Place Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beggars Hill Plantation | Wood | 250 m north-west |
| Sterrage Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Hook Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Ball Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Smerdon Marsh | Wetland | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-west |
| Cors Combe | Valley | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) east |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 29 |
2 of the street's 29 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okehampton Primary School and Foundation Unit | Primary | 2–11 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 55% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 24% in 2023) |
| Okehampton College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | 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 | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.3 (43.2 in 2025 and 43.6 in 2024); 42.9% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C; 13.6% AAB or better; progress average |
| St James Church of England Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 37% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025) |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 810 m (0.5 miles) 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 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Stepping Stones Day Nursery EX20 1BD | Full day care | 74 | Outstanding (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 870 m (0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okehampton Primary School EX20 1JB | School/college/university | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Upcott Hill (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 100% happened in the dark, and 100% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 2022 06:40 | Serious | 1 person | Minor road, 60 mph | Dark, no street lights, frost or ice |
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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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
- EX20 1SQ: 27 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- EX20 1JJ: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- EX20 1UW: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Herons Brook · Glendale Road · Foxes Lair · Oaklands Park · Vicarage Road
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.