Bere Alston

Bere Alston is covered by postcode district PL20. It is in the West Devon council area, Devon.

Typical price £258,750 Homes sold in Bere Alston, last 12 months. ▲ 3.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 56 of 69 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bere Alston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bere Alston, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston that ONS places, 69 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bere Alston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. PL20 7AA: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AB: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AD: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AE: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AF: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AG: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AH: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AJ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AL: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AN: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AP: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AQ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AR: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AS: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AT: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AU: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AW: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AX: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AY: not on the flood risk listPL20 7AZ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BA: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BB: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BD: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BE: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BG: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BH: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BJ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BQ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7BZ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DA: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DB: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DD: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DE: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DF: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DG: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DH: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DJ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DL: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DN: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DP: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DQ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DR: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DS: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DT: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DU: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DW: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DX: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DY: not on the flood risk listPL20 7DZ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EA: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EE: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EG: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EH: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EJ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EL: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EN: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EP: not on the flood risk listPL20 7EW: not on the flood risk listPL20 7FE: not on the flood risk listPL20 7FF: not on the flood risk listPL20 7FJ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7FL: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HD: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HE: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HF: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HG: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HH: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HQ: not on the flood risk listPL20 7HU: not on the flood risk list Bere Alston Map of every postcode in Bere Alston, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston that ONS places, 69 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bere Alston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Bere Alston
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 69

Of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston that ONS places, 69 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.4807, longitude -4.1901. 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

What is it like to live in Bere Alston?

Homes sold for a typical £258,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 56 of the 69 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 69 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Southway Surgery, 7.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bere Alston, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bere Alston?

Homes in Bere Alston sold for a typical £258,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£258,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£250,000
12 months to August 2026
£258,750

▲ up 3.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£371,000 12 sales
Semi-detached£260,000 7 sales
Terraced£203,000 13 sales

Across the whole PL20 district, Bere Alston's main postcode district: a typical £312,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bere Alston: 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

Are new homes being built in Bere Alston?

None of the 69 postcodes now in use in Bere Alston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Bere Alston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL20 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Bere AlstonAcross the PL20 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 32 (0%) 0 of 141 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 35 (0%) 0 of 140 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bere Alston?

Ofcom reports on 69 of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston. At 56 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit56 of 69
Postcodes where every home can get superfast63 of 69

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bere Alston at risk of flooding?

None of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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

Which schools are in Bere Alston?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bere Alston. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Bere Alston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bere Alston is Bere Alston Rail Station, 900 m away in a straight line.

  • Bere Alston Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
  • Calstock Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
  • Bere Ferrers Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bere Alston?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bere Alston. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

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Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bere Alston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 100 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bere Alston over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 6 September 2025
  2. 10 October 2025
  3. 11 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 3 January 2026
  6. 9 February 2026
  7. 6 March 2026
  8. 9 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 12 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences52 reports
Criminal damage and arson14 reports
Anti-social behaviour7 reports
Public order7 reports
Burglary7 reports
Other theft5 reports
Other crime4 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports

Also: drugs 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bere Alston?

District, borough or city council
West Devon
County council
Devon
Parliamentary constituency
Torridge and Tavistock
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Geoffrey Cox (Conservative)

All 69 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Bere Alston postcodes

69 postcodes in use in Bere Alston, by district:

PL20 postcode district,69 postcodes

That district is in the PL postcode area.

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Places near Bere Alston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bere Alston's £258,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel4.9 km, £249,150Horrabridge7.2 km, £262,500Yelverton7.3 km, £343,500Tavistock8.0 km, £263,750Saltash8.3 km, £252,500Callington9.0 km, £250,000Plymouth11.2 km, £229,950Torpoint11.7 km, £220,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bere Alston

What is it like to live in Bere Alston?
Homes sold for a typical £258,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 56 of the 69 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 69 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Southway Surgery, 7.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bere Alston, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bere Alston?
Bere Alston is covered by postcode district PL20, across 69 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bere Alston in?
Bere Alston is in the West Devon council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bere Alston?
Bere Alston is in the Torridge and Tavistock parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Geoffrey Cox (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bere Alston?
Homes in Bere Alston sold for a typical £258,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bere Alston?
In Bere Alston, primary schools at its postcodes include Bere Alston Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Quay View School, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bere Alston have a railway station?
Yes: Bere Alston is 900 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bere Alston, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bere Alston?
Ofcom reports on 69 of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston. At 56 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bere Alston at risk of flooding?
None of the 69 postcodes in Bere Alston is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bere Alston?
None of the 69 postcodes now in use in Bere Alston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Bere Alston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL20 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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