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On Sommers Crescent, in Ilfracombe East
What it's like at EX34 9DP: every home that has sold on Sommers 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Sommers Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 35 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Barnstaple, a drive away (16 km), with 609k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Exeter Central.
The nearest bus stop is St James' Place Gardens, 100 m away, with a bus about every 22 minutes on weekdays (routes 21B, 31); 17 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (33 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ilfracombe Church of England Junior School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 37% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 47.9 · 7.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 500 m away, with Dolphin Gifts closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Combe Coastal Practice (800 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Unisex Hair & Beauty is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is North Devon District Hospital, 14 km away, rated requires improvement 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 49 restaurants and cafés and 14 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Stacc is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Concept the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (8 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 167 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 53% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Ilfracombe).
There are 88 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 41% flats and 15% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 57% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Oxford Park play area, 250 m away; for exercise, Body Aware Pilates Studio & Clinic (50 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Ilfracombe Hele, 1.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 and 2, High Street | II | 70 m |
| Marland | II | 70 m |
| 27 and 28 Waterloo Terrace | II | 70 m |
| Wildersmouth Villa | II | 70 m |
| Railings to Raised Approach to Numbers 26,27,27a and 28 Waterloo Terrace | II | 80 m |
| Prince Albert Public House | II | 80 m |
| 27a Waterloo Terrace | II | 80 m |
| 4, High Street | II | 80 m |
| 54, Fore Street | II | 90 m |
| 26 Waterloo Terrace | II | 90 m |
| 56 and 56a, Fore Street | II | 90 m |
| Portland House | II | 90 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.
North Devon constituency: Ian Roome MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 6,744 (13.1%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 42%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 16%, Labour 6%.
12 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 EX34 9DP →
For holidays, Cardiff is 58 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 99 km.
Many neighbours rent: 36% of households rent privately and 10% socially.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Sommers Crescent in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 3.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.6% | 72.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 12.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.7% | 9.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.2% | 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.
Nearest: Doniford Bay Holiday Park · about 70 min
Nearest: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway · about 36 min
Nearest: Westpoint Arena · about 79 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.