Schools
31 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Lodestar Academy is the nearest published school at 538 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
TQ2 7QN
Barton with Watcombe · Torbay · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- TQ2 7QN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 1981
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- TQ
- Postcode district
- TQ2
- Postcode sector
- TQ2 7
- Latitude
- 50.485174
- Longitude
- -3.548923
- British National Grid easting
- 290,211
- British National Grid northing
- 66,188
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Torbay · E06000027
- Electoral ward
- Barton with Watcombe · E05012254
- Parish or community
- E43000022
- Westminster constituency
- Torbay · E14001551
- Output area
- E00077065
- Lower layer super output area
- Torbay 003H · E01034170
- Middle layer super output area
- Torbay 003 · E02003156
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 TQ2
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Block E, Yard, Broomhill Way, Torquay, TQ2 7QN | 9 November 2017 | £100,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 31
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 5
- 538 m
The Lodestar Academy
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- 753 m
Torquay Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 783 m
Lift Barton Hill
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,718
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,306
- Shoplifting 262
- Criminal damage and arson 253
- Anti social behaviour 242
- Other theft 184
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- TQ2 7 residents
- 11,850
Age bands in TQ2 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
2,280 residents
1,233 residents
3,065 residents
3,200 residents
2,230 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+
- 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
- 0%
- 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
7
within 5 km
SOUTHOVER MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRONSHILL ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ1 3HD
ODS code L83029
1.9 km
CHILCOTE PRACTICE
CHILCOTE SURGERY, DEWERSTONE PRACTICE, HAMPTON AVENUE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3LA
ODS code L83111
2.1 km
CROFT HALL MEDICAL PRACTICE
19 CROFT ROAD, TORQUAY, TQ2 5UA
ODS code L83027
2.3 km
BRUNEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
ST. ALBANS ROAD, BABBACOMBE, TORQUAY, TQ1 3SL
ODS code L83013
2.4 km
CHELSTON HALL SURGERY
OLD MILL ROAD, CHELSTON, TORQUAY, TQ2 6HW
ODS code L83118
2.4 km
KINGSKERSWELL & IPPLEPEN MED PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, SCHOOL ROAD, KINGSKERSWELL, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ12 5DJ
ODS code L83031
2.9 km
PEMBROKE MEDICAL GROUP
PEMBROKE HOUSE, 266-276 TORQUAY ROAD, PAIGNTON, TQ3 2EZ
ODS code L83131
4.5 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
- 0.1 miles
Newton Road
BCT · Shiphay
- 0.2 miles
Lowes Bridge
BCT · Shiphay
- 0.2 miles
Lowes Bridge
BCT · Shiphay
- 0.2 miles
Hele Road Cemetery
BCT · Hele
- 0.2 miles
Hele Road Cemetery
BCT · Hele
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Torbay 003H, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
10,100 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
Recorded crime
2,718 published events cover 12 months, averaging 226.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,306 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.