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PL8 2DW

Wembury & Brixton · South Hams · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wembury & Brixton
Local authority
South Hams
Constituency
South West Devon
Postcode district
PL8
Postcode sector
PL8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL9 8WR 261 m
PL9 8WS 265 m
PL9 8WQ 303 m
PL8 2DP 324 m
PL9 8WP 358 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL8 2DW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL8
Postcode sector
PL8 2
Latitude
50.363481
Longitude
-4.037385
British National Grid easting
255,190
British National Grid northing
53,495

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Hams · E07000044
Electoral ward
Wembury & Brixton · E05010145
Parish or community
E04003135
Westminster constituency
South West Devon · E14001495
Output area
E00181104
Lower layer super output area
South Hams 009D · E01020187
Middle layer super output area
South Hams 009 · E02004197

Postcode source versions

Explore PL8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
4

  1. Sherford Vale School & Nursery

    Free schools

    1.3 km

  2. St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  3. Yealmpstone Farm Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
301
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Other theft 29
  • Public order 24
  • Criminal damage and arson 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

2 female, 5 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.5
PL8 2 residents
3,999

Age bands in PL8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

625 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

330 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

681 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,087 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

1,146 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL8 2 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

5

within 5 km

  • BEACON MEDICAL GROUP

    PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD

    ODS code L83100

    2.8 km

  • PATHFIELDS MEDICAL GROUP

    PLYMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, MUDGE WAY, PLYMOUTH, PL7 1AD

    ODS code L83008

    2.8 km

  • YEALM MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, YEALMPTON, PLYMOUTH, PL8 2EA

    ODS code L83081

    3.3 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    30 HOLLAND ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9BN

    ODS code L83064

    3.5 km

  • DEAN CROSS SURGERY

    21 RADFORD PARK ROAD, PLYMSTOCK, PLYMOUTH, PL9 9DL

    ODS code L83021

    4.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sherford Vale School

    BCT · Sherford

    0.6 miles

  • Sherford Vale School

    BCT · Sherford

    0.6 miles

  • Elliots Hill

    BCT · Brixton

    0.8 miles

  • Elliots Hill

    BCT · Brixton

    0.9 miles

  • Winstone Lane

    BCT · Brixton

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Hams 009D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,092 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Sherford Vale School & Nursery is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

301 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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