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On Fore Street, in Countess Wear & Topsham
What it's like at EX3 0HD: every home that has sold on Fore Street 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Fore Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 121 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 28a, Fore StreetFlat | Dec 2014 | £560,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30, Fore StreetTerraced | Dec 2022 | £680,000 | 112 m² | £6,071/m² | 4 |
| 31, Fore StreetTerraced | Sept 2020 | £775,000 | 166 m² | £4,669/m² | 2 |
| 32, Fore StreetFlat | Jun 2014 | £345,000 | 147 m² | £2,347/m² | 3 |
| 32a, Fore StreetOther | May 2024 | £6,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 33, Fore StreetTerraced | Jul 2007 | £533,000 | – | – | 3 |
| The Old Dairy, 33, Fore StreetTerraced | Aug 2022 | £823,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Topsham, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 300k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Exeter Central.
The nearest bus stop is Quay, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route T); 19 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is The Topsham School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Peter's Church of England Aided School, 4.2 km away; Attainment 8: 53 · 14% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 200 m away, with Country Cheeses closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Topsham Surgery (250 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Ruffles is under 50 m 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.
Circle is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Topsham Conservative Club the nearest pub (under 50 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 Launching Spot for SUP, Kayak etc, 750 m away; for exercise, Topsham Swimming Pool (250 m).
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.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
37 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 27-29, Fore Street | II | 10 m |
| 30 and 31, Fore Street | II | 10 m |
| 32, Fore Street | II | 20 m |
| Trees Court | II | 20 m |
| Foresters Hall | II | 20 m |
| 25 and 26, Fore Street | II | 20 m |
| 54-58, Fore Street | II | 20 m |
| 33, Fore Street | II | 30 m |
| 4 and 8, Victoria Road | II | 30 m |
| 24, Fore Street | II | 40 m |
| Topsham War Memorial | II | 40 m |
| 52, Fore Street | II | 50 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
17 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 EX3 0HD →
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 65 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 27 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 121 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.