Schools
73 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 14 secondary schools. Millbay Academy is the nearest published school at 177 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PL1 3LS
St Peter and the Waterfront · Plymouth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
- Postcode district
- PL1
- Postcode sector
- PL1 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PL1 3LS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1998
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PL
- Postcode district
- PL1
- Postcode sector
- PL1 3
- Latitude
- 50.367546
- Longitude
- -4.151324
- British National Grid easting
- 247,100
- British National Grid northing
- 54,175
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Plymouth · E06000026
- Electoral ward
- St Peter and the Waterfront · E05002094
- Parish or community
- E43000021
- Westminster constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport · E14001427
- Output area
- E00172053
- Lower layer super output area
- Plymouth 034C · E01034160
- Middle layer super output area
- Plymouth 034 · E02006990
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore PL1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 73
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 14
- 177 m
Millbay Academy
Free schools
- 181 m
St Andrew's Cof E VA Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 352 m
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9,057
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,863
- Anti social behaviour 997
- Shoplifting 931
- Public order 694
- Other theft 682
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PL1 3 residents
- 5,939
Age bands in PL1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.3%
756 residents
761 residents
1,936 residents
1,614 residents
1,132 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
16
within 5 km
WEST HOE SURGERY
2 PIER STREET, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3BS
ODS code L83112
347 m
ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY
20 ADELAIDE STREET, STONEHOUSE, PLYMOUTH, PL1 3JF
ODS code L83651
461 m
NORTH ROAD WEST MED.CTR.
167 NORTH ROAD WEST, PLYMOUTH, PL1 5BZ
ODS code L83030
1.0 km
DEVONPORT HEALTH CENTRE
DAMEREL CLOSE, DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, PL1 4JZ
ODS code L83624
1.2 km
STOKE SURGERY
BELMONT VILLAS, STOKE, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4DP
ODS code L83071
1.7 km
FRIARY HOUSE SURGERY
FRIARY HOUSE, BEAUMONT ROAD, ST. JUDES, PLYMOUTH, PL4 9BH
ODS code L83072
1.7 km
WYCLIFFE SURGERY
8 CATTEDOWN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL4 0BZ
ODS code L83076
2.0 km
LISSON GROVE MEDICAL CTR.
3-5 LISSON GROVE, MUTLEY, PLYMOUTH, PL4 7DL
ODS code L83147
2.2 km
ST NEOTS SURGERY
1 NORTH PROSPECT ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3HY
ODS code L83028
2.4 km
ST. LEVAN SURGERY
350 ST. LEVAN ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 1JR
ODS code L83646
2.6 km
PEVERELL PARK SURGERY
THE STABLES, 162 OUTLAND ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL2 3PX
ODS code L83648
2.8 km
DEAN CROSS SURGERY
21 RADFORD PARK ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9DL
ODS code L83021
4.1 km
KNOWLE HOUSE SURGERY
4 MEAVY WAY, CROWNHILL, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3JB
ODS code L83089
4.7 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN
ODS code L83064
4.8 km
OAKSIDE SURGERY
HONICKNOWLE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, GUY MILES WAY, HONICKNOWLE GREEN, PLYMOUTH, PL5 3PY
ODS code L83015
4.9 km
MAYFLOWER MEDICAL GROUP
STIRLING ROAD MEDICAL CTR, STIRLING ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL5 1PL
ODS code L83006
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Bounds place
BCT · West Hoe
- 0.0 miles
Telecom House
BCT · West Hoe
- 0.1 miles
Pavilions Forecourt
BCT · West Hoe
- 0.1 miles
Durley House
BCT · West Hoe
- 0.1 miles
New Continental Hotel
BCT · West Hoe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Plymouth 034C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,682 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
9,057 published events cover 12 months, averaging 754.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,863 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.