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PL20 6QS

Dartmoor · West Devon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Yelverton
Ward
Dartmoor
Local authority
West Devon
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock
Postcode district
PL20
Postcode sector
PL20 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL20 6QW 21 m
PL20 6QP 35 m
PL20 6QN 38 m
PL20 6FG 67 m
PL20 6QT 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL20 6QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL20
Postcode sector
PL20 6
Latitude
50.544845
Longitude
-3.989422
British National Grid easting
259,141
British National Grid northing
73,567

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
West Devon · E07000047
Electoral ward
Dartmoor · E05010555
Parish or community
E04003316
Westminster constituency
Torridge and Tavistock · E14001552
Output area
E00102962
Lower layer super output area
West Devon 003C · E01020323
Middle layer super output area
West Devon 003 · E02004231

Postcode source versions

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rose Cottage, Two Bridges Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QS 28 March 2025 £358,000
The Old Chapel, 1, Two Bridges Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QS 24 August 2022 £320,000
The Old Smithy, Two Bridges Road, Princetown, Yelverton, PL20 6QS 5 December 2019 £305,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Princetown Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    214 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
43
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Public order 4
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

16 female, 16 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.1
PL20 6 residents
5,521

Age bands in PL20 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.2%

611 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

414 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

1,057 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.8%

1,685 residents

Age 65 and over
31.1%

1,702 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL20 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
23.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
23.1%
Gigabit-capable
23.1%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Fox Tor Cafe

    BCT · Princetown

    0.0 miles

  • Fox Tor Cafe

    BCT · Princetown

    0.0 miles

  • Dartmoor Visitor Centre

    BCT · Princetown

    0.1 miles

  • Dartmoor Visitor Centre

    BCT · Princetown

    0.1 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Princetown

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Devon 003C, 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

12,945 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £339,000 from 2 recorded sales in PL20 6QS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Devon is £286,145 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Princetown Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.