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On Plymouth Road, in Tavistock
What it's like at PL19 8BZ: every home that has sold on Plymouth Road 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Plymouth Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 143 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| 71, Plymouth RoadDetached · company-owned | Jun 2011 | £166,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apartment 4, 71, Plymouth RoadFlat | Jun 2025 | £280,000 | 68 m² | £4,118/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 5, 71, Plymouth RoadFlat | Oct 2019 | £270,000 | 86 m² | £3,140/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 3, 71, Plymouth RoadFlat | Dec 2023 | £299,950 | 75 m² | £3,999/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 7, 71, Plymouth RoadFlat | Jul 2023 | £345,000 | 103 m² | £3,350/m² | 2 |
| Apartment 1, 71, Plymouth RoadFlat | Jul 2016 | £245,000 | 72 m² | £3,403/m² | 1 |
| Apartment 6, 71, Plymouth RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £325,000 | 93 m² | £3,495/m² | 3 |
| 77, Plymouth RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £170,000 | 70 m² | £2,429/m² | 4 |
| 81, Plymouth RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £180,500 | 86 m² | £2,099/m² | 3 |
| 83a, Plymouth RoadTerraced | Jan 2024 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 83b, Plymouth RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £348,000 | 66 m² | £5,273/m² | 3 |
| 85, Plymouth RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1995 | £29,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 87, Plymouth RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2023 | £200,000 | 138 m² | £1,449/m² | 1 |
| The Toll House, 71, Plymouth RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £257,500 | – | – | 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 (5.7 km), with 50k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Plymouth.
The nearest bus stop is Beadle Court, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 89, 86, 1S); 17 departures an hour from the 5 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 Tavistock Primary & Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Tavistock College, 300 m 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 Tesco, 500 m away, with Tavistock Service Station (Texaco) closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tavyside Health Centre (550 m), with Tavyside Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Urban Styling is 900 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.
Tavistock AFC is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Market Inn the nearest pub (550 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 Pearse Meadow, 350 m away; for exercise, Body Zone (300 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.
41 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Westbridge Cottages | II | 60 m |
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%.
12 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 8BZ →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Plymouth Road in the last 12 months.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 107 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 50 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.