Newton Row Sparkwell, South Hams
32 addresses across 6 postcodes (PL7), about 740 m (0.5 miles) long. USRN 35505648.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £207,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4, E: 5, F: 1).
- 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 South Hams costs £2,615 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ivybridge, about 7 km (4.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Rowe Hall Memory Garden, is about 210 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 119 to 137 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Pathfields Medical Group, about 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away.
- People: About 860 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 63% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | £207,500 | £200,000 | £215,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £155,000 | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £48,000 | £48,000 | £48,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2023 | 4 PL7 5DD | Terraced | £215,000 | |
| 12 Apr 2023 | 1 PL7 5DD | Terraced | £200,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2020 | 2 PL7 5DD | Terraced | £210,000 | |
| 27 Nov 2015 | 4 PL7 5DD | Terraced | £180,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 24 Apr 2015 | 3 PL7 5DD | Terraced | £155,000 | |
| 21 May 1997 | 5 PL7 5DD | Detached | £48,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 91 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (5); House, semi-detached (3); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (8); 1900-1929 (2); 2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
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 B (38% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- BEECHWOOD FARM HOUSE, grade II
- BEECHWOOD HOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, grade II
- STABLES AND COURTYARD WALLS APPRIOXIMATELY 80 METRES NORTH OF BEECHWOOD HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 2 November 2026 to 6 November 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL7 5DD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL7 5DE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL7 5DA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL7 5DB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL7 5HX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL7 5DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 32 addresses are between 119 m and 137 m above sea level (131 m on average); the ground rises about 18 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL7 5DA | 67% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| PL7 5DB | 86% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| PL7 5DD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL7 5DE | 83% | 83% | 83% | 17% |
| PL7 5DQ | 86% | 86% | 86% | 14% |
| PL7 5HX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ivybridge 137,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| Plymouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beechwood Cross Sparkwell | 150 m |
| Ferry terminal | Plymouth Mount Batten Ferry Landing | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 55.8 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 120 km (75 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Pathfields Medical Group | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The White House Dental Surgery | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Bft Southmead Derrisford Hospital | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
| Police station | Devonport and West Plymouth Police | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Plympton, Plympton Cashzone | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rowe Hall Memory Garden 260 m² | 210 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 500 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner, a scheduled monument, 2 km (1.2 miles) north. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Walks Coppice | Wood | 70 m west |
| Smuggler's Coppice | Wood | 390 m east |
| Tin Wood | Wood | 390 m east |
| Hemerdon Ball | Hill | 930 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Drakelands Trout Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Torycombe Valley | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 32 |
8 of the street's 32 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 South Hams: see them on the South Hams page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparkwell All Saints Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 160 m | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparkwell Parish Hall and Playground Trust Community Cafe PL7 5DD | Other catering premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 26 Sep 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Ledgate Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 17% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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
- PL7 5DD: 19 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- PL7 5DE: 6 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- PL7 5DA: 2 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- PL7 5DB: 2 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- PL7 5HX: 2 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- PL7 5DQ: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in PL7 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.
- 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.