Sanctuary Close Plymouth
24 addresses across 1 postcode (PL2), about 20 m long. USRN 30204767.
- Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (B: 8, C: 9).
- 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 A; Band D in Plymouth costs £2,442 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 4% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Dockyard (Devonport), about 680 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 190 m away, and Alexandra Park (1.5 hectares) is about 490 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 31 to 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is St Neots Surgery, about 610 m (0.4 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 37% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 150 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
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 64 m². Most common: Flat (17). Built: 2007-2011 (7); 2007 onwards (4); 1996-2002 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (13); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Plymouth in 2026-27: Band D £2,442 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,628 | £1,899 | £2,171 | £2,442 | £2,984 | £3,527 | £4,070 | £4,884 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (59% of about 900 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- North Prospect Library Greatlands Place Plymouth PL2 3JG, permissioned (380 m)
- Former Gas Works site, St Levan Road, Keyham: up to 63 homes, not permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
- Stoke Damerel College Keppel Place Plymouth PL2 1AX, permissioned (760 m (0.5 miles))
- 13 Merrivale Road Beacon Park Plymouth PL2 2QG, permissioned (940 m (0.6 miles))
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 24 addresses are between 31 m and 35 m above sea level (31 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL2 1EN | 100% | 4% | 4% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dockyard (Devonport) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Keyham 16,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 26 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 77 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Craigmore Avenue Ford | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Plymouth Coach Station Plymouth City Centre | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Devonport Ferry Terminal | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Stoke Church Street Car Park | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 15 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 390 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 59 km (37 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 126 km (79 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest St Neots Surgery | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 390 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orchard Dental Practice | 240 m |
| Hospital | Scott Hospital | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Torpoint Police Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Wolseley Road, Ford Cashzone | 220 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 190 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Alexandra Park 1.5 ha | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,020 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,020 m² | 190 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Henderson Place Allotments 2,820 m² | 220 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 3.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mount Pleasant Redoubt, a scheduled monument, 570 m (0.4 miles) south. 31 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Redoubt | Scheduled monument | 570 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Belmont House (Youth Hostel) Belmont Place | Listed building, Grade II* | 790 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Hms Drake Wardroom, Officers Quarters and Mess | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Devonport Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Ford Park Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Northdown Plantation | Wood | 830 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Moon Cove | Tidal water | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Blackie Woods Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Gravesend Hard | Wetland | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Drake's Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Quarry Park Bottom | Valley | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 24 | 24 |
None of the street's 24 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Plymouth: see them on the Plymouth page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 110 m | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| College Road Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Drake Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Feb 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; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Morice Town Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Scott Medical and Healthcare College | Secondary | 13–19 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stoke Damerel Community College | Secondary | 11–18 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care | Nursery | 0–5 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Mayflower Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| UTC Plymouth | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stoke Damerel Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Mar 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: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Weston Mill Community Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Academies Trust at Ford Primary PL2 1PU | School/college/university | 40 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Chen’s Chinese Fish & Chips PL2 1HW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 5 Very good | 11 Sep 2024 |
| Henderson Local Convenience Store PL2 2AD | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 23 Nov 2023 |
| The Co-operative Food Supermarket PL2 3BY | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 220 m | 5 Very good | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Snack Shack PL2 3BY | Retailers - other | 240 m | 4 Good | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Snack Shack (PE61 OES) PL2 3BY | Mobile caterer | 240 m | 5 Very good | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Snack Shack (PE11 LVS) PL2 3BY | Mobile caterer | 240 m | 5 Very good | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Lidl UK GmbH PL2 2AA | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 260 m | 5 Very good | 6 Jan 2026 |
| The Ford Inn PL2 1JY | Pub/bar/nightclub | 290 m | 5 Very good | 8 Jan 2026 |
| Spar - Wessex Retail PL2 1HS | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 350 m | 5 Very good | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Costcutter PL2 1NH | Retailers - other | 380 m | 5 Very good | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Ivor Dewdney PL2 3BL | Retailers - other | 380 m | 5 Very good | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Rhodos Pizza Kebab PL2 3BL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 380 m | 5 Very good | 29 Sep 2026 |
| YOUSUF'S Indian and Thai Kitchen PL2 3BL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 380 m | 4 Good | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Shirleys Fish and Chips PL2 3BL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 380 m | 5 Very good | 3 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 85 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 15 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Other crime | 6 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Kent Road (16); On or near Melville Road (14); On or near St Levan Road (11); On or near Clyde Street (11); On or near Cambridge Road (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 37% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 39% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 14% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 90% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- PL2 1EN: 24 addresses of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Cambridge Road · Alfred Place · Sussex Road · Adelaide Street · Alfred Road · Brunel Terrace · Clyde Street · Kent Road · Seaton Place · Melville Place · Brunel Avenue · Epworth Terrace
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.