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On West Street, in Tavistock
What it's like at PL19 8AD: every home that has sold on West Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on West Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
14 of the 114 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Unit 3, 1, West StreetOther | Nov 2023 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, West StreetOther · company-owned | Apr 2019 | £10,000 | 63 m² | £159/m² | 1 |
| 3, West StreetOther · company-owned | Jun 2026 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, West StreetOther | Jul 2018 | £265,000 | 81 m² | £3,272/m² | 1 |
| 5, West StreetOther · company-owned | Jan 2014 | £345,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7a, West StreetTerraced | Oct 2002 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Lower Ground Floor Garage, 8, West StreetOther | Oct 2022 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8c, West StreetDetached | Dec 2018 | £330,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Apartment 3, London House, 7, West StreetFlat | Aug 2004 | £115,000 | 51 m² | £2,255/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 4, London House, 7, West StreetFlat | Sept 2015 | £165,000 | 83 m² | £1,988/m² | 5 |
| Apartment 5, London House, 7, West StreetFlat | Feb 2014 | £137,750 | 45 m² | £3,061/m² | 3 |
| Apartment 6, London House, 7, West StreetFlat | May 2015 | £130,000 | 66 m² | £1,970/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 1, London House, 7, West StreetDetached | Feb 2007 | £245,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Apartment 2, London House, 7, West StreetFlat | Sept 2016 | £248,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Gunnislake, a drive away (6.4 km), with 50k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Plymouth.
The nearest bus stop is Bedford Hotel, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 89, 118, 98, 87); 24 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 62 minutes away by public transport (33 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Rumon's Church of England Infants School, a few minutes' walk (350 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Tavistock College, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 41.6 · 8.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op (Tavistock), 400 m away, with Sue Ryder closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Surgery (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Miss SaiGon Nails is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Derriford Hospital, 15 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%).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 10 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Brew House Coffee Shop is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Queens Head the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Tavistock, Whitchurch).
There are 177 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 401 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Benson Meadow, 400 m away; for exercise, Meadowlands Leisure Centre (350 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 56 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 136 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
55 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 7, West Street | II | 0 m |
| 5 and 6, West Street | II | 10 m |
| 9 and 10, West Street | II | 20 m |
| Cook Stores (Hardware) | II | 30 m |
| 11 and 12, West Street | II | 40 m |
| 79-80, West Street | II | 40 m |
| the Retreat | II | 40 m |
| 78, West Street | II | 40 m |
| 1, West Street | II | 50 m |
| 77, West Street | II | 50 m |
| 1, Church Lane | II | 50 m |
| 1, King Street | II | 50 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Torridge and Tavistock constituency: Sir Geoffrey Cox MP (Conservative), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,950 (7.8%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Conservative 32%, Liberal Democrat 24%, Labour 21%, Reform UK 18%.
13 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near PL19 8AD →
It's an older community: 30% 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 1 of 71 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 21 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 3.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.2% | 60.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 23.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 10.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.6% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 114 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.