Is Lynton and Lynmouth a good place to live?

Lynton and Lynmouth at a glance

Lynton and Lynmouth is in Devon, South West, England. Its recorded local authority is North Devon. Coverage in this release is limited; use the available source records to see which questions the data can answer. Whether it suits you comes down to the home and neighbourhood: compare the property you can afford, the schools relevant to your household and the checks needed at the exact address.

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Where is Lynton and Lynmouth, and who lives here?

Lynton and Lynmouth is in Devon, South West, England. Its recorded local authority is North Devon.

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

The controlled population release does not cover every built-up area. We do not present an older population estimate as a new Census result.

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How much do homes sell for in Lynton and Lynmouth?

A controlled sold-price result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

HM Land Registry · 12 months to July 2026. Source details

Is Lynton and Lynmouth safe? What the crime data shows

A controlled recorded-crime result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

Home Office / Police.uk · July 2025 to June 2026 · 12 months. Source details

How are schools rated in Lynton and Lynmouth?

There are 1 schools with usable historical grades. This is below the five-school comparison threshold, so we do not publish a town-wide school comparison here.

A historical grade does not establish catchment eligibility, available places or suitability for a particular child. Source extraction dates are not inspection dates.

Department for Education · Historical overall grades 2009–2024 · GIAS 2026-09-01 + Ofsted 2026-07-31. Source details

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What flood risk is mapped in Lynton and Lynmouth?

A controlled flood-mapping result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

River and sea planning zones

A controlled planning flood-zone result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

Environment Agency · Flood Map for Planning Flood Zones, revision 20 May 2026. Source details

Surface-water flooding

A controlled surface-water result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

Environment Agency · NaFRA2 RoFSW v202509. Source details

Land coverage is not the percentage of homes expected to flood. Areas outside mapped bands are not guaranteed flood-free. Check the actual address before a purchase.

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What broadband is available?

A controlled broadband result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

Availability is not measured speed or a guarantee of a particular package. Ofcom’s “decent broadband” measure is at least 10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload.

Ofcom · January 2026. Source details

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How energy-efficient are homes in Lynton and Lynmouth?

A controlled EPC result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG domestic EPC register August 2026. Source details

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Planning activity and local heritage

What do planning figures show?

The North Devon local planning authority received 910 applications in the published annual period. 93.8% of recorded decisions were approvals.

These are local-authority totals, not applications inside the town boundary. Approval rates use decisions as their denominator, not applications received. They do not predict approval for an individual proposal.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · MHCLG PS1/PS2 year to Mar 2026. Source details

Listed buildings

A controlled listed-building result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

For a particular property, check the official listing and the council’s conservation-area boundaries. A town count does not establish whether an address is designated.

Historic England · Listed buildings Sep 2026; conservation areas Jul 2025. Source details

Air quality and deprivation

What does the air-quality model show?

A controlled air-quality result is not available for this town in the selected release. Missing data is not zero.

An annual background estimate is not today’s air quality or pollution beside a particular road. It cannot establish an individual’s exposure.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Defra PCM 2024. Source details

How should deprivation data be read?

Lower deciles indicate greater relative deprivation. The town mean is not an official national town rank or a judgement about individual residents; conditions vary within each town.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (corrected v2). Source details

Which towns are near Lynton and Lynmouth?

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Distances describe geographic proximity, not a road journey or a public-transport connection. Price comparisons use the same published source period and require at least 20 sales; a dash means no eligible comparison, not a zero price.

Office for National Statistics · ONS BUA 2024 / LAD December 2025 / hierarchy April 2025. Source details

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Where the data comes from

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