EX2 7RW
Last sold £512,000 in June 2018
5, Higher Birch Drive, Exeter
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,636 sq ft / 152 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
- Elevation
- About 38m
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Price history in context
- Jun 2018 — £512,000
What this home might be worth today
£657,000
Estimate range £625,000–£690,000
+28.4% since June 2018 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 73 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Woodwater Academy 21-min walk
- Clyst Heath Nursery and Community Primary School 10-min walk
- Digby and Sowton station 6-min walk
- Peamore Wood 4.9km
- The coast (coastline) 1.3km
- Lake 955m
- Pond 68m
- Exeter Ship Canal 2.6km
- River Clyst 905m
- Public Park 163m
- Play Area 229m
- M&S Simply Food 867m
- P&R (Ne-Bound) 298m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Digby and Sowton, 303m away
- 101 min Bristol
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
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3 St Peter's Church of England Aided School · Secondary · Church of England 0.7 miles State Attainment 8: 53.3 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 613 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 7, Higher Birch Drive, Exeter £510,000 · 2018
- 3, Higher Birch Drive, Exeter £535,000 · 2018
- 1, Higher Birch Drive, Exeter £350,000 · 2018
- 9, Higher Birch Drive, Exeter £540,000 · 2018
- 74, Bishops Way, Exeter £430,000 · 2018
- 76, Bishops Way, Exeter £399,995 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Rejected Large oak tree TPO 369 Oak T2 in the far corner of my rear garden. Some dead branches at… Nov 2025 source
- Permitted T1 - Oak Crown reduce by up to 2m, with pruning cuts not exceeding 50mm in diameter.… Apr 2026 source
- Withdrawn Proposed replacement match day signage on junction with A379 with low level internal LEDs. Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Freestanding digital sign at junction with A379 Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Remove existing conservatory and replace with hipped roof single storey rear extension. Jan 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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