Ealing Close Brixham, Torbay
10 addresses across 1 postcode (TQ5), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40703389.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 5, E: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 B; 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 Paignton, about 6.6 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 48 to 52 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Compass House Medical Centres, about 1.1 km away.
- People: About 180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 90 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 85 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (4); House, mid-terrace (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2003-2006 (6); 2007-2011 (1); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (7); rented (private) (1).
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £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 B (42% of about 830 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: in a protected area: Area at Briseham Road, Brixham, Sharkham Village, Briseham Road, Brixham.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- St Mary's Industrial Estate, St Mary's Road, Brixham: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (420 m)
- Beverley Court, Upton Manor Road, Brixham: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (420 m)
- St Kilda, 15 Drew Street, Brixham: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (450 m)
- Brixham Police Station, Rea Barn Road, Brixham: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (460 m)
- Brixham Police Station, Rea Barn Road, Brixham: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (460 m)
- Torbay Industrial Estate, New Road, Brixham: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (830 m)
- 74 New Road, Brixham: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (890 m)
- Former Jewson, New Road, Brixham: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 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.
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 48 m and 52 m above sea level (50 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TQ5 9RW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Paignton 707,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km |
| Torquay 508,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km | |
| Torre 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 40 within 800 m; nearest Briseham Road Brixham | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Paignton | 6.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Brixham Ferry Landing | 1.2 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Sharkham Point Parking | 650 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Wenea | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 39.3 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 113.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Compass House Medical Centres | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 560 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Brixham Dental Practice Limited | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Brixham Hospital | 400 m |
| Police station | Brixham Police Station | 500 m |
| Cash machines | Spar - Fore Street Cashzone | 950 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.3 km |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 20 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Astley Park 1.5 ha | 470 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,400 m² | 100 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 570 m west. 92 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m west |
| Windmill Hill Cave, Brixham | Scheduled monument | 860 m north |
| The Old Redoubt and later Victorian Rifle Range Target, 540m south west of Berry Head Fort | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km north-east |
| Ashhole Cavern | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km north-east |
| Lupton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.6 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Bay | Bay | 950 m east |
| Southdown Cliff | Cliff or slope | 1.1 km south |
| Oxen Cove | Tidal water | 1.5 km north |
| Battery Grounds | Wood | 1.9 km north |
| Slappers Hill | Hill | 3.8 km south-west |
| Mill Point | Wetland | 4.8 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brixham Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 580 m | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Eden Park Primary & Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 670 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Brixham College | Secondary | 11–18 | 740 m | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–11 | 880 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Furzeham Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spar TQ5 9PY | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 26 Jan 2026 |
| Brixham Sea Anglers Club TQ5 9PY | Pub/bar/nightclub | 290 m | 5 Very good | 19 Apr 2018 |
| Brixham Hospital, Greenswood Road TQ5 9HW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 400 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jan 2026 |
| The Three Elms TQ5 9JU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 400 m | 5 Very good | 24 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 58 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St Mary'S Hill (17); On or near Orchard Close (16); On or near Briseham Road (8); On or near Castor Close (7); On or near Briseham Close (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 35% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
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
- TQ5 9RW: 10 addresses
Nearby streets
The Crescent · St Marys Hill · Briseham Close · Higher Penn · St Mary's Hill · St Mary's Drive · Wishings Road · Metherell Avenue · Castor Close · St Mary's Road · Sharkham Drive · Orchard Close
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.