Salcombe

Salcombe is covered by postcode district TQ8. It is in the South Hams council area, Devon.

Typical price £591,000 Homes sold in Salcombe, last 12 months. ▼ 20.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 58 of 153 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 23 of 153 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 252 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Salcombe, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Salcombe, by flood risk Of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 130 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 17 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Salcombe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A381 TQ8 8AA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AD: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AF: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AN: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AQ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AR: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AS: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AT: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AU: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AW: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8AZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BD: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BN: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BQ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8BW: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DD: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DQ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DS: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DT: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8DZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8ED: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EF: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EQ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8ES: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EU: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8EZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FF: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FN: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8GA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8GY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8GZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HD: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HF: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HN: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HQ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HR: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HS: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HT: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HU: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HW: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8HZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JD: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JL: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JN: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JS: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JU: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JW: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8JZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LF: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LG: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LH: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LJ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LQ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LU: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LW: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8LZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NS: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NT: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NU: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NX: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NY: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8NZ: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8QA: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8QB: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8QE: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8QT: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8WP: not on the flood risk listTQ8 8FQ: low flood risk at worstTQ8 8JT: low flood risk at worstTQ8 8BS: medium flood risk at worstTQ8 8JQ: medium flood risk at worstTQ8 8LL: medium flood risk at worstTQ8 8BT: high flood riskTQ8 8BU: high flood riskTQ8 8BX: high flood riskTQ8 8BY: high flood riskTQ8 8BZ: high flood riskTQ8 8DA: high flood riskTQ8 8DB: high flood riskTQ8 8DE: high flood riskTQ8 8DN: high flood riskTQ8 8DP: high flood riskTQ8 8DU: high flood riskTQ8 8DW: high flood riskTQ8 8EN: high flood riskTQ8 8ET: high flood riskTQ8 8FE: high flood riskTQ8 8LD: high flood riskTQ8 8LN: high flood riskTQ8 8QD: high flood risk Salcombe 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TQ8 8DP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk17 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Salcombe, by flood risk Of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 130 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 17 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Salcombe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A381 Salcombe
  • A home or business at high risk: 18
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 130
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst and 130 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.2366, longitude -3.7736. 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

18 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.

TQ8 8DP42 at high riskTQ8 8BU28 at high riskTQ8 8LN24 at high riskTQ8 8BY22 at high riskTQ8 8DW21 at high riskTQ8 8FE18 at high riskTQ8 8BX11 at high riskTQ8 8BZ11 at high riskTQ8 8ET7 at high riskTQ8 8QD7 at high riskTQ8 8DN7 at high riskTQ8 8DA6 at high 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 is it like to live in Salcombe?

Homes sold for a typical £591,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 20.8% on the 12 months before. At 58 of the 153 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 252 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 153 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ivybridge, 19.8 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 Salcombe?

Homes in Salcombe sold for a typical £591,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 27 sales, down 20.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£591,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£746,250 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 20.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £950,000 11 sales
  • Terraced £362,500 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £395,000 9 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole TQ8 district, Salcombe's main postcode district: a typical £550,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Salcombe: 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 Salcombe?

2 of the 153 postcodes now in use in Salcombe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 48 homes sold in Salcombe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ8 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

TQ8 8FQsince February 2024TQ8 8LJsince October 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 SalcombeAcross the TQ8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 27 (0%) 0 of 30 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 48 (0%) 0 of 57 (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 Salcombe?

Ofcom reports on 153 of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe. At 58 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit58 of 153
Postcodes where every home can get superfast136 of 153

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 Salcombe at risk of flooding?

23 of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe 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 252 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 23 of 153 postcodes High: 222Medium: 30Low: 37

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 Salcombe?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Salcombe is Ivybridge Rail Station, 19.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Ivybridge Rail Station Railway station 19.8 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 Salcombe?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Salcombe. 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 Salcombe safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 101 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Salcombe 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. 7 September 2025
  2. 6 October 2025
  3. 7 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 6 January 2026
  6. 3 February 2026
  7. 7 March 2026
  8. 9 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 8 June 2026
  11. 13 July 2026
  12. 17 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences39 reports
Other theft17 reports
Anti-social behaviour13 reports
Criminal damage and arson8 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports
Public order7 reports
Burglary3 reports
Shoplifting2 reports

Also: other crime 2, drugs 1, possession of weapons 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 Salcombe?

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 153 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 Salcombe

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Salcombe postcodes

153 postcodes in use in Salcombe, by district:

TQ8 postcode district,153 postcodes

That district is in the TQ postcode area.

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Places near Salcombe

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Salcombe's £591,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Kingsbridge5.3 km, £260,000Modbury15.0 km, £395,000Stoke Fleming15.9 kmDartmouth18.3 km, £315,000Ivybridge20.1 km, £288,725Yealmpton20.3 km, £292,500Newton Ferrers20.9 km, £590,000South Brent21.4 km, £285,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Salcombe

What is it like to live in Salcombe?
Homes sold for a typical £591,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 20.8% on the 12 months before. At 58 of the 153 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 252 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 153 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ivybridge, 19.8 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 Salcombe?
Salcombe is covered by postcode district TQ8, across 153 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Salcombe in?
Salcombe is in the South Hams council area, and Devon is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Salcombe?
Salcombe 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 Salcombe?
Homes in Salcombe sold for a typical £591,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 27 sales, down 20.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Salcombe?
In Salcombe, primary schools at its postcodes include Salcombe Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kingsbridge Academy, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Salcombe have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Salcombe is Ivybridge, 19.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Salcombe?
Ofcom reports on 153 of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe. At 58 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Salcombe at risk of flooding?
23 of the 153 postcodes in Salcombe 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 252 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 Salcombe?
2 of the 153 postcodes now in use in Salcombe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 48 homes sold in Salcombe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TQ8 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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