Pathfinder Village
Village · 291 residents
60Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 villages
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: 24 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Infrastructure scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Pathfinder Village
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Pathfinder Village a good place to live?
Pathfinder Village scores 60/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (84).
It scores lowest on infrastructure (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Pathfinder Village in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Pathfinder Village
Pathfinder Village is the kind of place where a single detached house on a quiet plot tells you most of what you need to know: this is a small, low-density corner of Devon built around retirement and space rather than shops and footfall. With a population in the low tens, there's no high street rhythm to describe — what you're buying into is quiet, not convenience.
The numbers around housing and age confirm that picture. A median age over 60 and a property market dominated by detached freehold homes point to a settled, later-life community rather than a commuter belt — there's no rail station in the picture here, and with only a couple of transport stops recorded, this isn't a place you'd choose for an easy run into Exeter or beyond. The one sampled sale, a detached freehold at £500,000, sits well above the national median and comfortably above Teignbridge's own average, and against the wider district benchmark this area prices around 70% higher — a village of larger, more expensive homes rather than starter properties. Schooling is thin on the ground too, though what's there is solid: Tedburn St Mary School, a Good-rated primary academy with around 90 pupils, is the local option for the rare family with children.
Day-to-day life here is shaped by absence as much as presence — there's little in the way of recorded restaurants or green space data to point to, so this reads as a place where you drive to Exeter or a nearby market town for a proper Saturday out, and where healthcare access, while rated decently overall, isn't a matter of popping round the corner. The crime figures are almost a non-story: a single recorded incident in the last year, which is about as quiet as these statistics get, and the borderline B+ safety grade reflects that calm rather than any real concern — though it's worth noting the one blemish in an otherwise even set of grades is housing, marked down to C+ against strong marks for affordability, safety and nightlife, likely a function of how few homes actually change hands here to give the market real texture.