West Hill Heybrook Bay, South Hams
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (PL9), about 260 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 35500013.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £495,000 across 1 sale.
- 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.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 3).
- 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: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 77 times (224 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 30 m from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in South Hams costs £2,615 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Plymouth, about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 23 to 58 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 Wembury Surgery, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 41% 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 violence and sexual offences.
- 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
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £312,500 | £312,500 | £312,500 |
| 2002 | 1 | £272,500 | £272,500 | £272,500 |
| 2000 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £94,000 | £94,000 | £94,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £99,000 | £99,000 | £99,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 1999 | FRANGIPANI PL9 0BB | Detached | £94,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2018 | GORSE CLIFF PL9 0BB | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 31 Jan 1996 | GORSE CLIFF PL9 0BB | Detached | £99,000 | |
| 20 Mar 2002 | HILLSIDE PL9 0BB | Detached | £272,500 | |
| 7 Aug 2000 | HILLSIDE PL9 0BB | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2018 | MERLINS NEST PL9 0BB | Other | £110,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Feb 2017 | SEA VIEW PL9 0BB | Detached | £312,500 |
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
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 148 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (3); House, detached (3). Built: 1930-1949 (2); 2020 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,519 kWh of it on average in 2024, 61% more than the district's 9,006 kWh, and 4,950 kWh of electricity, 61% more than the district's 3,070 kWh. There are gas meters for about 71% of the homes.
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 PL9.
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 D (24% of about 880 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)
- The Eddystone Inn, Heybrook Bay, Plymouth, PL9 0BN, permissioned (200 m)
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 4 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL9 0BB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL9 0BX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 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.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 30 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention Durlston Head to Rame Head | up to 1 m | 30 m |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention Durlston Head to Rame Head | up to 3 m | 30 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Durlston Head to Rame Head | up to 3 m | 30 m |
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.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 77 times, for 224 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into English Channel- Heybrook Bay, English Channelat Wembury Bay.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heybrook Bay Pumping Station South West Water | English Channel- Heybrook Bay | 62 | 136 | 210 m |
| Hms Cambridge Pumping Station South West Water | English Channelat Wembury Bay | 15 | 88 | 710 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.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 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 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.
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 11 addresses are between 23 m and 58 m above sea level (44 m on average); the ground rises about 35 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL9 0BB | 88% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL9 0BX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Plymouth 2.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Dockyard (Devonport) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Westlake Rise Heybrook Bay | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Plymouth Coach Station Plymouth City Centre | 6.4 km (3.9 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Warren Point Ferry Landing Newton Ferrers | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 64.4 km (40 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 131 km (82 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wembury Surgery Good Oct 2026 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Plymstock Dental | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Mount Gould Hospital Requires improvement May 2025 | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Wisteria House Plymstock Limited Outstanding Feb 2024 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | Charles Cross Police Station | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 3-5 The Broadway Lloyds Bank | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 460 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,790 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 100m west of Princes Cottages, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 100m west of Princes Cottages | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Langdon Court Hotel | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Furzehill Brake | Wood | 160 m north-east |
| Longlands Brake | Wood | 310 m north-east |
| Heybrook Bay | Bay | 390 m south-west |
| Madam's Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Churchwood Valley | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Warren Point | Wetland | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 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 South Hams: see them on the South Hams page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddystone Inn PL9 0BN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 190 m | 5 Very good | 6 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Beach Road (1).
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 | 63 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 48% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 73% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 50% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 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) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Nearby streets
Marine Drive West · Brookside Close · Furzehill Road · Beach Road · Eddystone Close · Longlands Drive · Heybrook Drive · Chad Road
All the streets in PL9 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.