PL7 4EA Plymouth
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Plympton St Mary. Region: South West.
Streets
- Colebrook Road, Plymouth: 1 address
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: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land Off Colebrook Road, Plympton, Plymouth, permissioned (190 m)
- Land off Newnham Road, Colebrook: up to 43 homes, permissioned (290 m)
- Land off Newnham Road, Colebrook: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (350 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: of the 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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
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 | 6.5 km |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km | |
| Dockyard (Devonport) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 51 within 800 m; nearest Colebrook Tunnel Plympton | 90 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 | 410 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 59.3 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 122.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pathfields Medical Group | 700 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 450 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Courtenay House Dental Surgery | 380 m |
| Hospital | Mount Gould Hospital | 4.4 km |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Police | 5.9 km |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Chaddlewood, Plympton Cashzone | 450 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.3 ha | 730 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,150 m² | 410 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Plympton Cricket Club 2.4 ha | 190 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Lucas Lane Allotments 3,200 m² | 320 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 6.3 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 88% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Colebrook Road.