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History of Widemouth Bay · Historic England

No listed buildings inside Widemouth Bay’s built-up area

The nearest place to Widemouth Bay with a Grade I building is Marhamchurch, 2.5 km away. 27% of its homes were built before 1919.

Heritage nearby

Listed buildings near Widemouth Bay

The nearest places with Grade I listed buildings, within 25 km.

TownDistanceListedGrade IHistory
Marhamchurch2.5 km161—
Stratton4.8 km361A−
Week St Mary5.8 km81—
Poughill6.1 km161—
Kilkhampton11 km151—
Tintagel20 km121—
Homes by age

27% of Widemouth Bay’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

24%
Before 1900
2.2%
1900–18
4.3%
1919–29
5.4%
1930s
5.4%
1945–54
2.2%
1955–64
4.3%
1965–72
9.7%
1973–82
12%
1983–92
4.3%
1993–99
6.5%
2000–08
3.8%
2009–15
16%
2016–25
Widemouth BayEngland & Wales

24% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 2016–25, which added 16% of today’s homes.

Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (2 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

In brief

Widemouth Bay in brief

More of Widemouth Bay’s homes are old than in most places: 27% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. Widemouth Bay has nothing on the list; Marhamchurch, 2.5 km away, is the nearest place with Grade I buildings.

Widemouth Bay has no History Grade.

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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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