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On Yealm Road, in Wembury, Brixton & Newton Ferrers
What it's like at PL8 1BQ: every home that has sold on Yealm 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Yealm Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 101 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 48, Yealm RoadDetached | Jan 2018 | £600,000 | 254 m² | £2,362/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50, Yealm RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Yealm RoadDetached | Jul 2025 | £1,275,000 | 151 m² | £8,444/m² | 3 |
| 60, Yealm RoadDetached | Oct 2013 | £800,000 | 336 m² | £2,381/m² | 1 |
| Blyths Wood, 54, Yealm RoadDetached | Feb 2026 | £908,000 | 129 m² | £7,039/m² | 2 |
| Cam Cottage, Yealm RoadDetached | Jul 2017 | £696,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Court Lodge, Yealm RoadDetached | Nov 2005 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, Deloraine, 68, Yealm RoadFlat | Oct 2007 | £277,500 | 58 m² | £4,784/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, Deloraine, 68, Yealm RoadFlat | Oct 2020 | £385,000 | 80 m² | £4,813/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Deloraine, 68, Yealm RoadFlat | Mar 2017 | £349,950 | 58 m² | £6,034/m² | 3 |
| Hawsland, Yealm RoadDetached | Nov 2008 | £570,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Lucent, 50a, Yealm RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £527,500 | 131 m² | £4,027/m² | 3 |
| Tilford, Yealm RoadDetached | Aug 1998 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Tilford, 56, Yealm RoadDetached | May 2025 | £760,000 | 162 m² | £4,691/m² | 1 |
| Whitecroft, 44, Yealm RoadDetached | Jul 2018 | £785,000 | 217 m² | £3,618/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Plymouth, a drive away (10 km), with 2.7m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Wrights Lane, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 94); 4 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 46 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Coombe Dean School, 5.1 km away; Attainment 8: 49.2 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Plymouth High School for Girls (7.4 km) and Devonport High School for Boys (8.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 300 m away; The Pharmacy (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wembury Surgery (2.2 km), with D A Tubb the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The House of Hair and Beauty is 2.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Derriford Hospital, 9.7 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Old Mill Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (2.6 km), and Yealm Yacht Club the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 120 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 1,263 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Burrow Hill, 5.9 km away; for exercise, University of Plymouth (4.4 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Wembury, 3.3 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 63 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 149 km.
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vine Cottage | II | 140 m |
| Baring House | II | 180 m |
| Rock Cottage | II | 200 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
South West Devon constituency: Rebecca Smith MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 2,112 (4.0%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 18%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
1 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 PL8 1BQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
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" Yealm Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 3 of 51 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 8 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.3% | 2.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.4% | 61.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 7.8% | 17.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 15.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 0.5% | 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.
Nearest: Tinside Lido · about 31 min
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