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Thinking of living at PL12 5NJ? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Germans Primary School | Primary | 0 m | 79% met the expected standard |
| Sir Robert Geffery's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | 79% met the expected standard |
| St Nicolas' CofE VA School, Downderry | Primary | 5.0 km | 38% met the expected standard |
| Antony Church of England School | Primary | 5.3 km | 82% met the expected standard |
Every primary near PL12 5NJ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailing | The Quay Sailing Club | 790 m | 1 |
| Golf | Whitsand Bay Golf Club | 3.5 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is St Germans, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 76k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Plymouth.
The nearest bus stop is Rail Station, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 10S, 11A).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 73 minutes away by public transport (32 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Germans Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 79% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Grammar schools are within reach: Devonport High School for Boys (12 km) and Devonport High School for Girls (12 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 13 minutes away without a car.
The nearest GP surgery is Quay Lane Surgery (650 m).
The nearest full A&E is Derriford Hospital, 14 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 36% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Caterlink @ St Germans School is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Eliot Arms the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 298 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
A swim is a short trip away: Portwrinkle, 6.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Newquay is 48 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 155 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 31% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
7 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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