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On Vernon Crescent, in Countess Wear & Topsham
What it's like at EX2 7GB: every home that has sold on Vernon Crescent since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Vernon Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Vernon CrescentDetached | May 2026 | £327,000 | 89 m² | £3,674/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Vernon CrescentDetached | Aug 2024 | £380,000 | 87 m² | £4,368/m² | 2 |
| 3, Vernon CrescentDetached | May 2014 | £294,000 | 114 m² | £2,579/m² | 1 |
| 5, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached | May 2014 | £230,000 | 87 m² | £2,644/m² | 1 |
| 7, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached | May 2014 | £229,000 | 82 m² | £2,793/m² | 1 |
| 9, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2014 | £21,500 | 116 m² | £185/m² | 1 |
| 11, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2014 | £21,500 | 116 m² | £185/m² | 1 |
| 15, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2014 | £21,500 | 116 m² | £185/m² | 1 |
| 17, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2014 | £21,500 | 116 m² | £185/m² | 1 |
| 19, Vernon CrescentDetached | May 2014 | £244,995 | 87 m² | £2,816/m² | 1 |
| 20, Vernon CrescentDetached | Aug 2020 | £305,000 | 87 m² | £3,506/m² | 3 |
| 21, Vernon CrescentTerraced | Jan 2021 | £295,000 | 88 m² | £3,352/m² | 2 |
| 22, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £257,000 | 70 m² | £3,671/m² | 2 |
| 24, Vernon CrescentTerraced | Oct 2019 | £285,000 | 87 m² | £3,276/m² | 2 |
| 25, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2014 | £21,500 | 116 m² | £185/m² | 1 |
| 26, Vernon CrescentDetached | Dec 2014 | £310,000 | 113 m² | £2,743/m² | 1 |
| 28, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £245,000 | 87 m² | £2,816/m² | 1 |
| 30, Vernon CrescentDetached | Aug 2025 | £247,500 | 69 m² | £3,587/m² | 2 |
| 45, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £305,000 | 81 m² | £3,765/m² | 3 |
| 47, Vernon CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £309,000 | 83 m² | £3,723/m² | 2 |
| 49, Vernon CrescentDetached | Apr 2025 | £421,000 | 113 m² | £3,726/m² | 2 |
| Plot, 140, Vernon CrescentDetached · company-owned | May 2014 | £21,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newcourt, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 155k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Exeter Central.
The nearest bus stop is Admiral Way, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route I); 24 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Trinity CofE Primary and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Isca Academy, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 46.4 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Extra (2487), 1.2 km away, with Mini Heaven Exeter closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Glasshouse Medical Centre (600 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, THD hair & beauty is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (Wonford), 3.6 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 18 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Cafe 24 is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Exeter Golf and Country Club the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 70 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Topsham).
There are 236 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 20% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 649 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is King George V Playing Fields, 1.1 km away; for exercise, David Lloyd Clubs (1.6 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Exmouth, 10 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 6.5 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 93 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
16 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Exmouth and Exeter East constituency: David Reed MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 121 (0.2%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 29%, Labour 29%, Liberal Democrat 22%, Reform UK 14%.
21 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near EX2 7GB →
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 0 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.4% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.5% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.7% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.1% | 10.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.