Bluegate Hill South Hams
1 address across 1 postcode (PL21), about 280 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 35500722.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in South Hams cost £360,616 in August 2026 (+0.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,014 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 87 times (1,094 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: An estimated 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C, which costs £2,325 a year in South Hams in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ivybridge, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 36 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Modbury Health Centre, about 1.9 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Water: Supplied by South West Water.
- Policing: Devon & Cornwall Police: 6.9% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 had led to a charge or summons (England and Wales 9.3%); it answered 88.0% of 999 calls within 10 seconds (target 90%).
- MP: Caroline Voaden, Liberal Democrat, MP for South Devon.
- Council: Charterlands ward, South Hams: Conservative won its latest election, on 4 May 2023.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in South Hams
A typical home in South Hams cost £360,616 in August 2026, 0.8% more than a year before. That is 6% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £545,564 |
| Semi-detached | £346,829 |
| Terraced | £287,612 |
| Flat or maisonette | £189,302 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £284,923 |
Private renters in South Hams paid £1,014 a month on average in September 2026, 3% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £738 |
| Two bedrooms | £922 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,141 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,633 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,365 kWh of it on average in 2024, 53% more than the district's 8,711 kWh, and 4,177 kWh of electricity, 20% more than the district's 3,482 kWh. There are gas meters for about 30% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is PL21.
Council tax
What each band costs in South Hams in 2026-27: Band D £2,615 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,743 | £2,034 | £2,325 | £2,615 | £3,196 | £3,778 | £4,359 | £5,230 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (20% of about 970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 87 times, for 1,094 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Ayleston Brook (S), Tributary of Ayleston Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modbury Wastewater Treatment Works South West Water | Ayleston Brook (S) | 54 | 657 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Poundwell Meadow Cso South West Water | Tributary of Ayleston Brook | 33 | 437 | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 36 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL21 0TB | 39% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
Water
This street's water is supplied by South West Water. The company gives the hardness and quality of the water at an address on its website.
South West Water does not publish the hardness of its tap samples as open data; only Yorkshire Water, Wessex Water and Southern Water do.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Ivybridge 137,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Ferry terminal | Cockleridge Ham Ferry Landing Bantham | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 56 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 124 km (77 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Modbury Health Centre Good Oct 2019 | 1.9 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Modbury Pharmacy | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Victoria House Dental Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | South Hams Hospital | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Ivydene Residential and Nursing Home Good Apr 2023 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Ivybridge Police Station | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Modbury, Modbury Cashzone | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.6 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 410 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,980 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Flete, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Flete | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750m east of Holwell Lodge | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Iron Age promontory fort known as Oldaport Camp | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Great Moor | Wood | 270 m north |
| Goutsford Plantation | Wood | 380 m north-west |
| Kitt Hill | Hill | 630 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Putt Wood | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Otter Island | Island | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Filham Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 South Hams: see them on the South Hams page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modbury Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 72% in 2023) |
| Ermington Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 86% in 2024 and 80% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 328 childminders and 60 home childcarers (nannies) in Devon. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
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 & Cornwall Police).
Policing
This street is policed by Devon & Cornwall Police. Of the 122,294 crimes it recorded in 2025/26 (April to March), 6.9% had led to someone being charged or summonsed to court, against 9.3% across England and Wales.
In the 12 months November 2025 to October 2026 it answered 88.0% of its 321,312 999 calls within 10 seconds, against a national target of 90% and 89.6% across England and Wales.
| Outcome | Devon & Cornwall Police | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Charged or summonsed | 6.9% | 9.3% |
| Dealt with out of court (caution, community resolution, penalty notice) | 3.3% | 4.4% |
| Closed with no suspect identified | 26.1% | 37.8% |
| Closed: the victim did not support further action | 24.6% | 25.4% |
| Closed: suspect identified, but not enough evidence | 29.2% | 15.1% |
| Other outcomes (not in the public interest, transferred elsewhere) | 5.5% | 3.9% |
| No outcome yet (still under investigation) | 4.4% | 4.0% |
Each crime is counted under the outcome it had been given when the figures were taken, a few months after the year ended, so some recorded late in the year were still being investigated. Forces differ in the crimes they deal with (a city force has more shoplifting and fewer rural thefts), which changes these shares, so a difference from England and Wales is not by itself a measure of how well a force investigates. Fraud is not included: it is recorded nationally.
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
Politics
This street is in the South Devon constituency. Its MP is Caroline Voaden, Liberal Democrat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Voaden (elected) | Liberal Democrat | 22,540 | 46.0% | +17.8 |
| Anthony Mangnall | Conservative | 15,413 | 31.5% | -22.1 |
| Michael Bagley | Reform UK | 6,363 | 13.0% | |
| Daniel Steel | Labour | 3,066 | 6.3% | -10.8 |
| Robert Bagnall | Green Party | 1,497 | 3.1% | +2.9 |
| Becca Collings | Heritage Party | 125 | 0.3% |
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative, with a majority of 7,127 votes (14.5%). 49,004 valid votes from an electorate of 72,261, a turnout of 68.0%.
Change is in percentage points of the vote on 2019, recalculated for the 2024 boundaries (the notional result), so it compares like with like where the constituency changed shape; it is blank where the party or candidate did not stand in 2019.
Council: Charterlands ward, South Hams
This street is in this ward. Its latest election was on 4 May 2023.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Taylor (elected) | Conservative | 523 |
| Alan John Kirk | Liberal Democrat | 509 |
County council: Salcombe division, Devon
This street is in this division. Its latest election was on 1 May 2025.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Louise Wainwright (elected) | Liberal Democrat | 1,534 |
| Samantha Dennis | Conservative | 1,328 |
| Paul Leighton | Reform UK | 810 |
| Miriam Clare Boyles | Green Party | 138 |
| Amanda Jayne Ford | Labour (Co-op) | 64 |
Turnout 41%.
Also elected here in the four years before: 6 May 2021, Rufus Gilbert (Conservative).
Councils elect all their members every four years or a third of them in three years out of four, so the members for a ward can come from more than one election; a councillor may have changed party since being elected.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- PL21 0TB: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
All the streets in PL21 and across South Hams.
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.