Blackbrook Close Walkhampton, West Devon
35 addresses across 5 postcodes (PL20), about 690 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 43101757.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 4, E: 1, F: 3).
- Flood: 10 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in West Devon costs £2,705 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bere Alston, about 9.5 km (5.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 136 to 158 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 35 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Yelverton Surgery, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (4); House, semi-detached (4); House, end-terrace (3). Built: before 1900 (10); 2003-2006 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in West Devon in 2026-27: Band D £2,705 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,804 | £2,104 | £2,405 | £2,705 | £3,307 | £3,908 | £4,509 | £5,411 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (23% of about 1,430 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Walkhampton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, grade II
- LITTLECROFT AND TOWN FARM, grade II
- WALKHAM MILL, grade II
- Walkhampton War Memorial, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 October 2026 to 13 October 2026: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West), Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 20 August 2026 to 22 August 2026: SOUTH WEST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 9 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 5 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 56 homes the Environment Agency counts, 8 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL20 6JY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| PL20 6JR | zone 3 | 8 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL20 6JN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL20 6JX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL20 6LP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 35 addresses are between 136 m and 158 m above sea level (149 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL20 6JN | 100% | 63% | 63% | 0% |
| PL20 6JR | 100% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| PL20 6JX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL20 6JY | 59% | 35% | 35% | 12% |
| PL20 6LP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bere Alston 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| Calstock 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Bere Ferrers 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Memorial Walkhampton | 340 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Tavistock | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Saltash Ferry Landing | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 52.8 km (33 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 111 km (69 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Yelverton Surgery | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Rock Dental Practice | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Tavistock Hospital | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Police station | Devon & Cornwall Police | 12 km (7.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Yelverton Cashzone | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3.1 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,220 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,050 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 500 m (0.3 miles) east. 22 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 500 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Church House Cottages | Listed building, Grade II* | 560 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Walkhampton Church House cross: a wayside cross on the east side of Church House, 650m north east of Walkhampton village | Scheduled monument | 570 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Huckworthy Bridge | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Welltown Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Huckworthy Cross: a wayside cross 1.4km SSW of Sampford Spiney village | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Yennadon Cross: a wayside cross 340m south of Peekhill | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bicklime Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Dittisham Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Leetown Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Monkswell Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Peek Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Yelverton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 35 |
12 of the street's 35 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for West Devon: see them on the West Devon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Modiford's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 210 m | No published inspection |
| Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (devon-and-cornwall).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West): Utility repair and maintenance works, 11 October 2026 to 16 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- PL20 6JY: 17 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- PL20 6JR: 13 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- PL20 6JN: 2 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- PL20 6JX: 2 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- PL20 6LP: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
The Leat · Knowle Terrace · Wheelwright Court · Blackbrook Close · Blackbrook Close · Church View
All the streets in PL20 and across West Devon.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.