Wright Drive Copplestone, Mid Devon
13 addresses across 1 postcode (EX17), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25300169.
- Sales: 24 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £230,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 6, E: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 D; Band D in Mid Devon costs £2,656 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Copplestone, about 320 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 570 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 105 to 107 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bow Medical Practice, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 26 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £187,000 | £187,000 | £187,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £164,000 | £164,000 | £164,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £121,450 | £121,450 | £121,450 |
| 2017 | 1 | £176,000 | £176,000 | £176,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £112,500 | £112,500 | £112,500 |
| 2012 | 2 | £122,000 | £89,000 | £155,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £152,000 | £152,000 | £152,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £158,000 | £152,000 | £164,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Feb 2025 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2024 | 9 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £130,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2020 | 1 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £187,000 | |
| 31 May 2019 | 10 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £164,000 | |
| 31 May 2018 | 5 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £121,450 | |
| 28 Jul 2017 | 1 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £176,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2016 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £175,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2015 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £165,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2014 | 11 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £112,500 | |
| 14 Dec 2012 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £155,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2012 | 11 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £89,000 | |
| 28 May 2010 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £152,000 | |
| 22 Nov 2007 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £152,000 | |
| 5 Jan 2007 | 2 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £164,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2001 | 10 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £73,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2001 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £68,500 | |
| 19 Mar 1999 | 3 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £43,000 | |
| 3 Mar 1999 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £51,000 | |
| 26 Nov 1998 | 11 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £32,500 | |
| 4 Sep 1998 | 3 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £43,000 | |
| 22 May 1998 | 2 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £54,500 | |
| 14 Nov 1997 | 4 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £44,500 | |
| 9 Apr 1996 | 6 EX17 5LT | Semi-detached | £37,000 | |
| 8 Oct 1995 | 10 EX17 5LT | Terraced | £39,500 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 59 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); House, enclosed end-terrace (3); House, enclosed mid-terrace (1). Built: 1983-1990 (4); 1991-1995 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); 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 (24% of about 1,090 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 105 m and 107 m above sea level (105 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX17 5LT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Copplestone 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 320 m |
| Morchard Road 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Yeoford 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hedge Row Close Copplestone | 110 m |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 25.1 km (16 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 70.9 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bow Medical Practice | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Crediton Pharmacy | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wistaria Dental Practice | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Crediton Hospital | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Exeter Volunteer Police Cadets | 19 km (12 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 530 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 80 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,790 m² | 80 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,490 m² | 310 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Copplestone Cross, a listed building (Grade I), 330 m south. 16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Copplestone Cross | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m south |
| Copplestone Cross | Scheduled monument | 340 m south |
| Porch Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bewsley Moor Plantation | Wood | 740 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Western Moor Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Higher Copse | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Higher Woolsgrove | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Combe Fish Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Higherdown Bottom | Valley | 4.8 km (3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 13 | 13 |
None of the street's 13 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Mid Devon: see them on the Mid Devon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copplestone Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 250 m | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 16 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sunnymead (14); On or near Pennington Close (4); On or near Bishops Drive (3); On or near Bassetts Close (2); On or near Hedge Row Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 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) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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.
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 5LT: 13 addresses of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Pennington Close · Hedge Row Close · Bassetts Close · A377 · Sunnymead · Bishops Drive · Meadowside Court · Station Road · Lychgate Park · Meadowside Court · Bewsley Hill · Fernworthy Gardens
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.