The UK property industry has seen a huge and unmanageable boom in prices in the last 10 years. The differential in areas is still very wide, while some areas have sky rocketed others have stayed in a more 'normal' price bracket.

Bideford and the North Devon area being a holiday destination has seen certain locations become very desirable and have risen with other favoured hot spots.

Here is a great article highlighting the different prices in areas of the UK.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/house-prices/11432738/Mapped-10-years-of-Britains-house-price-boom-and-bust.html