TQ8 postcode district: Salcombe and around, Devon
TQ8 is a postcode district in Devon, with 180 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Salcombe. Its council is South Hams.
- Postcodes in use
- 180
- Sectors
- 1
- Council
- South Hams
- Places
- Salcombe
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in TQ8, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 23
- At medium risk at worst: 3
- At low risk at worst: 2
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 152
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 180 postcodes in TQ8 that ONS places, 23 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 152 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.2366, longitude -3.7720. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
23 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TQ8 8DP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in TQ8?
Ofcom reports on 179 of the 180 postcodes in TQ8. At 66 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is TQ8 at risk of flooding?
28 of the 180 postcodes in TQ8 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 259 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in TQ8?
Homes in TQ8 sold for a typical £550,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 26.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £750,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £550,500
▼ down 26.6% on the 12 months before
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in TQ8
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in TQ8
Towns and villages with postcodes in TQ8, and how many each has here.
Who covers TQ8
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- South Hams180
Constituencies
- South Devon180
Police force areas
- Devon & Cornwall180
Next to TQ8
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after TQ8 in the TQ area.
Check a postcode
Something wrong on this page? Report an error and we will check it against the source.