PL4 0PQ Plymouth
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Sutton and Mount Gould. Region: South West.
Streets
- Cattedown Road, Plymouth: 3 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Plymouth in 2026-27: Band D £2,442 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,628 | £1,899 | £2,171 | £2,442 | £2,984 | £3,527 | £4,070 | £4,884 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (80% of about 940 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): HMOs Mutley, Greenbank, City Centre and surrounding areas.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Desborough Motors, 15 Desborough Lane, permissioned (470 m)
- Former Tothill Sidings, Desborough Road, permissioned (500 m)
- 177 - 183 Grenville Road, permissioned (550 m)
- Plymouth Fruit Sales site, Sutton Road, Sutton Harbour: up to 220 homes, not permissioned (560 m)
- Sugar House, Sutton Harbour, permissioned (650 m)
- Sutton Road west, Sutton Harbour: up to 198 homes, not permissioned (710 m)
- Harbour Arch Quay, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, PL4 0HN, permissioned (730 m)
- Seventrees, Baring Street, Greenbank: up to 88 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 3 addresses are between 8 m and 11 m above sea level (9 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Plymouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| Dockyard (Devonport) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 21 stops within 400 m, 51 within 800 m; nearest Cattedown Road | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Plymouth Coach Station Plymouth City Centre | 1.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Plymouth (Barbican) Landing Stage | 930 m |
| Car parks | Parking space on Discovery Wharf, PL4 | 910 m |
| EV charging points | 18 within 1.6 km; nearest Carmarthen Road | 870 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 62.6 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 126.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Wycliffe Surgery | 80 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Cattedown Pharmacy | 150 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Exeter Street (Dental Surgery) | 330 m |
| Hospital | Mount Gould Hospital | 1.3 km |
| Police station | Charles Cross Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Embankment Road, Prince Rock Cashzone | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest The Astor Playing Field 1.4 ha | 100 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Beaumont Park 3.5 ha | 700 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 730 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.7 ha | 600 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 630 m² | 510 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 7.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves, a scheduled monument, 650 m south-east. 55 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves | Scheduled monument | 650 m south-east |
| Resolution Fort: Civil War town defences at Friary Court | Scheduled monument | 690 m north-west |
| Plymouth Castle (remains of) | Scheduled monument | 940 m west |
| Nos. 17 and 18 New Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km west |
| Elizabethan House Museum | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km west |
| 34, New Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km west |
| 36, New Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km west |
| The Hoe | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km west |
| Civic Square, Plymouth | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Teats Hill | Hill | 580 m west |
| Deadman's Bay | Bay | 610 m south-west |
| Drake's Place Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km north-west |
| Arnold's Point | Wetland | 1.6 km north-east |
| Warren Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km south-east |
| Jenny Cliff | Cliff or slope | 2.0 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 3 |
3 of the postcode's 3 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 38% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 15% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 34% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 12% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 91% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Cattedown Road.