Modbury

Modbury is covered by postcode district PL21. It is in the South Hams council area, Devon.

Typical price £395,000 Homes sold in Modbury, last 12 months. ▲ 8.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 6 of 62 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 11 of 63 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 53 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Modbury, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Modbury, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Modbury that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Modbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A379 PL21 0FF: not on the flood risk listPL21 0FS: not on the flood risk listPL21 0FU: not on the flood risk listPL21 0FW: not on the flood risk listPL21 0FX: not on the flood risk listPL21 0FY: not on the flood risk listPL21 0FZ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0LW: not on the flood risk listPL21 0NQ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0NU: not on the flood risk listPL21 0PR: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QB: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QD: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QE: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QF: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QG: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QN: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QP: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QQ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QT: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QU: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QW: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QX: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QY: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QZ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RA: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RB: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RD: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RE: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RH: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RJ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RL: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RN: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RP: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RQ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RS: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RT: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RW: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RY: not on the flood risk listPL21 0RZ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0SN: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TA: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TE: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TJ: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TL: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TP: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TX: not on the flood risk listPL21 0TY: not on the flood risk listPL21 0UT: not on the flood risk listPL21 0XX: not on the flood risk listPL21 0XY: not on the flood risk listPL21 0QR: medium flood risk at worstPL21 0RF: medium flood risk at worstPL21 0RG: medium flood risk at worstPL21 0PS: high flood riskPL21 0PT: high flood riskPL21 0PU: high flood riskPL21 0PY: high flood riskPL21 0PZ: high flood riskPL21 0QA: high flood riskPL21 0QJ: high flood riskPL21 0QL: high flood risk Modbury 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PL21 0PU, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Modbury, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Modbury that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Modbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Modbury
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 52
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 63 postcodes in Modbury that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 52 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 50.3500, longitude -3.8872. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

PL21 0PU14 at high riskPL21 0PY8 at high riskPL21 0PS7 at high riskPL21 0QJ7 at high riskPL21 0QA3 at high riskPL21 0QL2 at high riskPL21 0PZ1 at high riskPL21 0PT1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PL21 0PU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Modbury?

Homes sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.4% on the 12 months before. At 6 of the 62 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 53 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 63 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ivybridge, 5.0 km 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 Modbury?

Homes in Modbury sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, up 8.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£395,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£364,500
12 months to August 2026
£395,000

▲ up 8.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£427,500 14 sales
Semi-detached£410,000 5 sales
Terraced£325,000 9 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole PL21 district, Modbury's main postcode district: a typical £305,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Modbury: 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 Modbury?

1 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Modbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Modbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL21 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

PL21 0XXsince February 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ModburyAcross the PL21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 30 (0%) 1 of 263 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 31 (0%) 54 of 401 (13%)

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 Modbury?

Ofcom reports on 62 of the 63 postcodes in Modbury. At 6 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit6 of 62
Postcodes where every home can get superfast58 of 62

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 checker

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

Is Modbury at risk of flooding?

11 of the 63 postcodes in Modbury 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 53 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 11 of 63 postcodes High: 43Medium: 10Low: 2Very low: 4

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

Which schools are in Modbury?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Modbury. 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 Modbury?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Modbury is Ivybridge Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Ivybridge Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
  • Totnes Rail Station Railway station 17.0 kmDrive
  • Plymouth Rail Station Railway station 18.4 kmDrive

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 Modbury?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Modbury. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

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

Is Modbury safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 62 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Modbury 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. 4 September 2025
  2. 3 October 2025
  3. 3 November 2025
  4. 3 December 2025
  5. 3 January 2026
  6. 2 February 2026
  7. 8 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 4 May 2026
  10. 3 June 2026
  11. 6 July 2026
  12. 10 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences27 reports
Anti-social behaviour9 reports
Criminal damage and arson9 reports
Other theft8 reports
Public order5 reports
Burglary1 report
Vehicle crime1 report
Shoplifting1 report

Also: other crime 1.

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 Modbury?

District, borough or city council
South Hams
County council
Devon
Parliamentary constituency
South Devon
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat)

All 63 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

Moving to Modbury

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Modbury postcodes

63 postcodes in use in Modbury, by district:

PL21 postcode district,63 postcodes

That district is in the PL postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Modbury

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Modbury's £395,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ivybridge5.1 km, £288,725Yealmpton8.0 km, £292,500South Brent9.2 km, £285,000Kingsbridge10.7 km, £260,000Newton Ferrers11.5 km, £590,000Sherford11.6 km, £313,500Wembury13.5 km, £427,500Salcombe15.0 km, £591,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Modbury

What is it like to live in Modbury?
Homes sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.4% on the 12 months before. At 6 of the 62 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 53 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 63 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ivybridge, 5.0 km 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 Modbury?
Modbury is covered by postcode district PL21, across 63 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Modbury in?
Modbury is in the South Hams council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Modbury?
Modbury is in the South Devon parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Modbury?
Homes in Modbury sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, up 8.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Modbury?
In Modbury, primary schools at its postcodes include Modbury Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Ivybridge Community College, 5.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Modbury have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Modbury is Ivybridge, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Modbury?
Ofcom reports on 62 of the 63 postcodes in Modbury. At 6 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Modbury at risk of flooding?
11 of the 63 postcodes in Modbury 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 53 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Modbury?
1 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Modbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Modbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL21 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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