Braddons Street Torquay, Torbay

52 addresses across 2 postcodes (TQ1), about 140 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40701057.

  • Sales: 18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £105,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Torbay cost £221,469 in August 2026 (-3.1% on a year); private rents averaged £924 a month.
  • Energy: 37 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 22, D: 8, E: 4).
  • Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 51 times (62 hours) in 2025.
  • Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 840 m (0.5 miles) from its postcodes.
  • Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A379, carries 13,836 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Torbay costs £2,470 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Torquay, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Cary Green, is about 450 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 39 to 56 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 2 of its 52 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Croft Hall Medical Practice, about 760 m (0.5 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 39% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 304 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 3 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20231£105,000£105,000£105,000
20223£95,000£90,000£95,000
20211£215,000£215,000£215,000
20201£202,000£202,000£202,000
20101£64,000£64,000£64,000
20091£175,000£175,000£175,000
20081£165,000£165,000£165,000
20072£81,500£81,000£82,000
20051£115,000£115,000£115,000
20031£39,500£39,500£39,500
20011£26,750£26,750£26,750
19991£18,000£18,000£18,000
All 18 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
1 Jul 202215 TQ1 1QHOther£10,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
1 Jul 2022FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 15 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold.
1 Jul 2022GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 15 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£95,000Leasehold.
1 Jul 2022SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 15 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£95,000Leasehold.
8 Jan 202119 TQ1 1QHTerraced£215,000
17 Jan 202019 TQ1 1QHTerraced£202,000
14 Sep 200919 TQ1 1QHTerraced£175,000
28 Feb 200819 TQ1 1QHTerraced£165,000
16 May 200519 TQ1 1QHTerraced£115,000
8 Jun 2007FLAT 2, 21 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£82,000Leasehold.
23 May 2003FLAT 2, 21 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£39,500Leasehold.
24 Mar 2023FLAT 3, 21 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£105,000Leasehold.
11 May 2007FLAT 3, 21 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£81,000Leasehold.
16 Oct 1998FLAT 3, 21 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£23,000Leasehold.
8 Sep 2010FLAT 2, 23 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£64,000Leasehold.
23 Feb 2001FLAT 2, 23 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£26,750Leasehold.
9 Aug 1999FLAT 2, 23 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£18,000Leasehold.
20 May 1996FLAT 2, 23 TQ1 1QHFlat or maisonette£21,000Leasehold.

House prices and rents in Torbay

A typical home in Torbay cost £221,469 in August 2026, 3.1% less than a year before. That is 3% more than five years earlier and 25% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£416,968
Semi-detached£271,123
Terraced£212,910
Flat or maisonette£135,892
Bought by a first-time buyer£191,474

Private renters in Torbay paid £924 a month on average in September 2026, 3.7% more than a year before. That is 22% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£621
Two bedrooms£819
Three bedrooms£1,001
Four or more bedrooms£1,300

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from March 2012 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

37 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 63 m². Most common: Flat (16); House, mid-terrace (14); House, end-terrace (3). Built: before 1900 (13); 1976-1982 (8); 1991-1995 (6). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (20); owner-occupied (9); rented (private) (6).

Each home's certificates and sales (37 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 5,931 kWh of it on average in 2024, 41% less than the district's 10,075 kWh, and 2,353 kWh of electricity, 28% less than the district's 3,261 kWh. There are gas meters for about 80% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
TQ1 1QH38 8 Economy 71,932 kWh 324,967 kWh
TQ1 1EZ181,989 kWh 136,183 kWh

These are all the homes on each 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 TQ1.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Torbay in 2026-27: Band D £2,470 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,647£1,921£2,196£2,470£3,019£3,568£4,117£4,941

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (59% of about 940 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Torquay Harbour, Warberries (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • 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.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
TQ1 1QHnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 3 unlikely
TQ1 1EZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

The nearest projected erosion zone is 840 m (0.5 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).

ProjectionPolicy for the frontageErosionDistance
By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line Durlston Head to Rame Head none (the line is held)850 m (0.5 miles)
By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried outHold the line Durlston Head to Rame Head none (the line is held)850 m (0.5 miles)
By 2105, if defences are not maintained or builtNo intervention Durlston Head to Rame Head up to 6 m840 m (0.5 miles)

Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 51 times, for 62 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Torquay Harbour, New Harbour Torquay.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Fleet Walk No.1 Cso South West Water Torquay Harbour 19 30 550 m (0.3 miles)
Fleet Walk No.2 Cso South West Water Torquay Harbour 18 26 560 m (0.3 miles)
Beacon Hill South West Water; monitored 89% of the year New Harbour Torquay 14 6 720 m (0.4 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: 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 that area 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.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 52 addresses are between 39 m and 56 m above sea level (49 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
TQ1 1EZ100%100%100%0%
TQ1 1QH100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsTorquay 508,000 journeys in 2024–251.4 km (0.9 miles)
Torre 376,000 journeys in 2024–251.7 km (1.1 miles)
Paignton 707,000 journeys in 2024–254.4 km (2.8 miles)
Bus stops13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 57 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fleet Street Roundabout Torquay120 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Paignton4.5 km (2.8 miles)
Ferry terminalTorquay - North Quay610 m (0.4 miles)
Car parks4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Car Park310 m
EV charging points2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station630 m (0.4 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsExeter International Airport EXT30.9 km (19 miles)
Nearest large airportCardiff International Airport CWL104 km (65 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Croft Hall Medical Practice Requires improvement Jul 2025760 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies10 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Superdrug Pharmacy150 m
NHS dentists9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Torbay Dental Practice100 m
HospitalMount Stuart Hospital Good Oct 20181.6 km (1 mile)
Care homes31 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Alpine Lodge RCH Limited Good Dec 2022210 m
Police stationDevon & Cornwall Police1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Cash machines3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Best Kebab And Pizza 02 Ltd540 m (0.3 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cary Green 1,670 m²450 m (0.3 miles)
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Unnamed 2.4 ha780 m (0.5 miles)
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,350 m²20 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ellacombe Green 6,030 m²480 m (0.3 miles)
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ben Venue Allotments 3,630 m²460 m (0.3 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 9 parks and gardens, 8.9 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, a listed building (Grade I), 320 m south. 218 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 5 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Parish Church of St John the EvangelistListed building, Grade I320 m south
Princess Gardens and Royal Terrace GardensRegistered park or garden, Grade II540 m (0.3 miles) south-west
Parish Church of St LukeListed building, Grade II*540 m (0.3 miles) west
Parish Church of St Mary MagdaleneListed building, Grade II*680 m (0.4 miles) north-west
D-Day Embarkation Slipways and Adjoining Section of Quay WallListed building, Grade II*770 m (0.5 miles) south
Torre AbbeyScheduled monument1.1 km (0.7 miles) west
Kent's Cavern, TorquayScheduled monument1.6 km (1 mile) east
Castle TorRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.6 km (1 mile) east
Prehistoric field system at Walls HillScheduled monument1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Stentiford HillHill230 m north-west
Park HillHill820 m (0.5 miles) south-east
St Johns WoodWood830 m (0.5 miles) south-east
Beacon CoveTidal water920 m (0.6 miles) south
Devil's PointWetland1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east
Blackball RocksCliff or slope1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)4.84010
Fine particles (PM2.5)5.3205
Particles (PM10)8.94015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5920
Under 555052

2 of the street's 52 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 Torbay: see them on the Torbay page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Warberry CofE Academy Church of EnglandPrimary2–11640 m (0.4 miles) Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 83% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 63% in 2023)
Ellacombe Church of England AcademyPrimary2–11730 m (0.5 miles) Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 61% in 2023)
The Spires CollegeSecondary11–181.1 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.1 (44.5 in 2025 and 43.6 in 2024); 45.7% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C-; 10% AAB or better; progress below average
All Saints Babbacombe CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.2 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Upton St James CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.2 km (0.7 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement 36% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 20% in 2024 and 33% in 2023)
Ilsham Church of England AcademyPrimary4–111.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection 88% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 23% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 85% in 2023)
Cockington Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.4 km (0.8 miles) No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 46% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 32% in 2023)
Homelands Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.6 km (1 mile) Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 57% in 2023)
St Margaret's AcademyPrimary4–111.8 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Torre Church of England AcademyPrimary3–111.8 km (1.1 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 76% in 2023)
Priory Roman Catholic Primary School, TorquayPrimary4–111.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 44% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024)

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

2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1 km (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
St Matthias Pre-School & Childcare Centre TQ1 1HW Full day care 28 Good (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)
Acorns Pre-School TQ2 6AP Full day care 68 Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.4 km (0.9 miles)

Ofsted also registers 57 childminders and 6 home childcarers (nannies) in Torbay. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
THE MIST market TQ1 1BBTakeaway/sandwich shop110 m5 Very good4 Sep 2025
Tesco TQ1 1DBRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets120 m5 Very good6 Nov 2025
Costa Coffee TQ1 1ESRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen130 m5 Very good8 Oct 2026
TG Jones TQ1 1ESRetailers - other140 mExempt
Tocco's TQ1 1DBTakeaway/sandwich shop150 m5 Very good10 Nov 2025
Waterstones TQ1 1ESRetailers - other150 m5 Very good12 Feb 2025
Key's World Food Store TQ1 1ESRetailers - other160 m4 Good23 Sep 2026
Richie Indian Restaurant and Takeaway TQ1 1BGRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen160 mUnknown1 Jul 2026
The Cider Press TQ1 1BGPub/bar/nightclub170 m5 Very good15 Jan 2026
Superdrug Stores TQ1 1ERRetailers - other170 mExempt
Torquay Fruit Stall TQ2 5PLRetailers - other170 mExempt
Warrens Bakery TQ2 5DWRetailers - other190 m4 Good8 Oct 2025
Primark TQ1 1ESRetailers - other190 mExempt
Chunkies / Yankees Takeaway / Dough Boys / Loaded / Drizzl TQ2 5NFTakeaway/sandwich shop190 m4 Good13 Aug 2026
The Mare and Foal Sanctuary TQ2 5PLRetailers - other190 mExempt

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

304 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences112
Anti-social behaviour45
Shoplifting44
Other theft28
Public order20
Criminal damage and arson19
Burglary10
Drugs10
Possession of weapons4
Other crime3
Vehicle crime3
Robbery2
Theft from the person2
Bicycle theft2

Most of these are attached to: On or near Madrepore Road (119); On or near Rock Road (67); On or near Pimlico (45); On or near Melville Street (14); On or near Queen Street (14).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight, in which 4 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 3 involved a motorcyclist. 29% happened in the dark, and 14% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202122
202200
202300
202431
202520
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
31 May 2025 17:50 Slight 3 people: 3 pedestrians Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
24 May 2025 07:15 Slight 2 people Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
14 Sep 2024 12:47 Serious 2 people Minor road, 30 mph Dark, street lights off
28 Jun 2024 07:15 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
18 Jan 2024 19:30 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 20 mph Dark, street lights on, frost or ice
13 Oct 2021 16:23 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
9 May 2021 19:30 Serious 1 person: 1 motorcyclist Minor road, 30 mph Daylight

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

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A379 between A3022 and B3199, with 13,836 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 490 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A379 A3022 to B3199 13,836 counted 2025 1% -21% since 2015 490 m (0.3 miles)

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 275 residents in 134 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4540
Children under 1512%17%
Aged 65 and over14%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)39%61%
Owned outright20%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented23%17%
Private rented38%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work56%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)7%6%
Retired (of adults)17%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)10%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)23%32%
Travel to work by car or van49%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus4%8%
On foot or by bicycle23%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)89%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away3%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)20%34%
No qualifications22%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification7%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)94%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Food hygiene ratings Beacons Wheelchair Dancers (restaurant/cafe/canteen, TQ2 5SP) is no longer listed; it was rated Exempt found 4 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Pamela Sim’s Cakes (takeaway/sandwich shop, TQ1 3DG) is no longer listed; it was rated 5 Very good found 4 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Ryans Bar (pub/bar/nightclub, TQ2 5NF) is no longer listed; it was rated Exempt found 4 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings JDs Bar (pub/bar/nightclub, TQ1 1BX) is no longer listed; it was rated Exempt found 4 November 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings The Manor Inn (pub/bar/nightclub, TQ1 3AQ) now 3 Generally satisfactory, was 5 Very good (rated 1 October 2026) found 4 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Stentiford Hill Road · Stentiford Hill Road · Clifton Terrace · Madrepore Road · Madrepore Road · Grafton Terrace · Hillesdon Road · Queen Street · Grafton Road · Palatine Close · Fleet Street · Pimlico

All the streets in TQ1 and across Torbay.

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.