Follaton
Suburb · 502 residents
70Very good
Very good · better than 8 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 26 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Transport scores 71, well above the typical 60
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
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Is Follaton a good place to live?
Follaton scores 70/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (90) and transport (71).
It scores lowest on food & drink (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Follaton in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Follaton
Follaton sits on the edge of Totnes, the kind of place where the housing stock does most of the talking — a mix of older stone-fronted properties and quieter modern infill, without the shopfront churn of a high street trying to reinvent itself. It doesn't feel like a destination so much as somewhere people settle once they've already decided the wider Totnes area suits them.
There isn't enough here to build a confident picture of schools, transport links or crime for Follaton specifically, so it's worth being upfront about that rather than guessing. What can be said with some confidence comes from the surrounding South Hams district, which this locality sits within, and the wider South West region — both useful as a frame, if not a substitute for the detail a specific street would give you.
On price, the signal is consistent rather than dramatic: the South Hams median house price sits at £356,250, a little above both the regional median of £305,000 and the national figure of £281,000. That places Follaton, by extension, in a part of the country where property costs more than most of England but not dramatically more than its immediate South West neighbours — this reads as solid, established South Hams pricing rather than a premium outlier.
Given how little else is confirmed at the local level, the honest answer is that Follaton looks, from the outside, like a settled corner of a moderately expensive South Hams district — but anyone weighing it seriously should get a feel for the specific street, school catchment and commute before deciding, since none of that detail is visible from here.