PL7 2ZW Plymouth
Live postcode, introduced June 1996. Ward: Plympton St Mary. Region: South West.
Streets
No addresses are linked to this postcode in the ONS UPRN Directory.
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 B (27% of about 820 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 8 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land Off Colebrook Road, Plympton, Plymouth, permissioned (270 m)
- Land off Newnham Road, Colebrook: up to 43 homes, permissioned (370 m)
- Land off Newnham Road, Colebrook: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (440 m)
- Errill Retail Park, Plymouth Road, Plympton: up to 66 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Broadband
No Ofcom figures for this postcode.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Plymouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km | |
| Dockyard (Devonport) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 59 within 800 m; nearest Tory Brook Plympton | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Plymouth Coach Station Plymouth City Centre | 6.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Plymouth (Barbican) Landing Stage | 6.3 km |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 260 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 59.3 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 122.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pathfields Medical Group | 550 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 350 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Courtenay House Dental Surgery | 230 m |
| Hospital | Mount Gould Hospital | 4.3 km |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Police | 6.0 km |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Ridgeway, Plympton Cashzone | 350 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.3 ha | 580 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,150 m² | 570 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Plympton Cricket Club 2.4 ha | 120 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Lucas Lane Allotments 3,200 m² | 450 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 6.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 370 m south-west. 57 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m south-west |
| Plympton Priory | Scheduled monument | 470 m south-west |
| Plympton House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 870 m south-east |
| Plympton Castle | Scheduled monument | 880 m south-east |
| Plympton House (St Peters Convent) | Listed building, Grade I | 930 m south-east |
| Remains of Castle | Listed building, Grade II* | 940 m south-east |
| The Guildhall | Listed building, Grade II* | 1.0 km south |
| Saltram House | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.3 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dorsmouth Rock | Hill | 910 m south |
| Plympton Covert | Wood | 930 m south |
| May's Marsh | Wetland | 2.3 km west |
| Wixenford Bottom | Valley | 2.8 km south-west |
| The Laira | Tidal water | 3.1 km west |
| Drakelands Trout Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
No addresses here are in the mapped area.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 64 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 47% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 43% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 40% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 93% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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.