Local servicesHospitalSouth Molton Hospital7.2 miGP surgeryWallingbrook Health Centreunder a milePharmacyBoots7.3 miDentistChulmleigh Dental Practiceright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi2 schools1 primary, 1 secondarySecondaryChulmleigh Community Collegeages 11-16, 735 pupilsunder a milePrimaryChulmleigh Primary Schoolages 2-11, 226 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportExeter International Airport EXT23 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL40 miRailway stationEggesford1.8 miBus stationBus StationBarnstaple14 miFerryBideford Ferry Landing16 miBus stops6 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the EX18 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 32 min5:01 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 56 min8:15 am – 4:11 pm
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People7,016 residentsin the Bishop's Nympton, Witheridge & Chulmleigh census areaMedian age 54.53,101 households74% of homes owner-occupied50% owned outright9% social rented, 16% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting4.0% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 3,151 in work, 33% retiredMain industries: farming, forestry and fishing 16%, retail and wholesale 14%, health and social work 12%Getting to work: 37% work from home, 54% go by car, 7% walk or cycle28% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages29% of adults hold a degree or higher19% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 3°C1,060 mm of rain a year, 32 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December30 days of air frost, 7 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksEggesford Forestforest · 1.8 miJunction Poollake · 2.5 miDartridge Woodwoodland · under a mileChawleigh Week Woodwoodland · under a mileRoach Marshwetland · 1.1 miClaypitt's Waterlake · 3.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesDavy Parkpark · under a mileChulmleigh Golf Coursegolf course · under a mile · 6 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes31 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19706 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 20 Feb 201434 mi away, Bristol ChannelMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202641 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 2.5 · PM2.5 4.9 · PM10 8.9 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband40% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband72% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)2.7% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,266 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation143 m469 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 56 to 186 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
