Sherford

Sherford is covered by postcode district PL9. It is mostly in the South Hams council area: 38 of its 53 postcodes. The others are in Plymouth. 38 are in Devon. ONS lists no county for the other 15.

Typical price £313,500 Homes sold in Sherford, last 12 months. ▼ 1.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 51 of 53 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 Sherford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sherford, by flood risk Of the 53 postcodes in Sherford that ONS places, 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sherford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. PL9 8FA: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FB: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FD: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FE: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FF: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FG: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FH: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FJ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FL: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FN: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FP: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FQ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FR: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FT: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FU: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FW: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FX: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FY: not on the flood risk listPL9 8FZ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GA: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GB: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GD: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GE: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GF: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GG: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GH: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GJ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GL: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GP: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GS: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GT: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GU: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GX: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GY: not on the flood risk listPL9 8GZ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8LY: not on the flood risk listPL9 8LZ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8PW: not on the flood risk listPL9 8QR: not on the flood risk listPL9 8SL: not on the flood risk listPL9 8SN: not on the flood risk listPL9 8WF: not on the flood risk listPL9 8WG: not on the flood risk listPL9 8WJ: not on the flood risk listPL9 8WN: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XA: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XB: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XD: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XE: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XF: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XG: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XH: not on the flood risk listPL9 8XJ: not on the flood risk list Sherford Map of every postcode in Sherford, by flood risk Of the 53 postcodes in Sherford that ONS places, 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sherford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Sherford
  • 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: 53

Of the 53 postcodes in Sherford that ONS places, 53 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 50.3648, longitude -4.0494. 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 Sherford?

Homes sold for a typical £313,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 53 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 53 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 Beacon Medical Group, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Plymouth, 6.8 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 Sherford?

Homes in Sherford sold for a typical £313,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 41 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£313,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£317,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £337,750 14 sales
  • Terraced £313,500 19 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole PL9 district, Sherford's main postcode district: a typical £310,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sherford: 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 Sherford?

26 of the 53 postcodes now in use in Sherford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 54 homes sold in Sherford were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL9 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

PL9 8XDsince February 2024PL9 8XEsince January 2024PL9 8XBsince August 2023PL9 8WGsince July 2023PL9 8XJsince June 2023PL9 8WNsince April 2023

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 SherfordAcross the PL9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 41 (0%) 27 of 453 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 54 (6%) 155 of 748 (21%)

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 Sherford?

Ofcom reports on 53 of the 53 postcodes in Sherford. At 51 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit51 of 53
Postcodes where every home can get superfast51 of 53

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 Sherford at risk of flooding?

None of the 53 postcodes in Sherford 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 Sherford?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sherford is Plymouth Rail Station, 6.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Plymouth Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Devonport Rail Station Railway station 8.7 kmDrive
  • Dockyard (Plymouth) Rail Station Railway station 9.2 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 Sherford?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Sherford. 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.

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 Sherford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 332 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sherford 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. 23 September 2025
  2. 33 October 2025
  3. 20 November 2025
  4. 17 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 27 February 2026
  7. 22 March 2026
  8. 21 April 2026
  9. 51 May 2026
  10. 25 June 2026
  11. 23 July 2026
  12. 36 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences166 reports
Anti-social behaviour37 reports
Criminal damage and arson30 reports
Other theft29 reports
Public order28 reports
Possession of weapons10 reports
Other crime9 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports

Also: burglary 6, shoplifting 3, drugs 3, robbery 2, theft from the person 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 Sherford?

Councils
South Hams (38) and Plymouth (15)
Parliamentary constituency
South West Devon
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Rebecca Smith (Conservative)

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. 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 Sherford

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Sherford is in South Hams; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Sherford postcodes

53 postcodes in use in Sherford, by district:

PL9 postcode district,53 postcodes

That district is in the PL postcode area.

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Places near Sherford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sherford's £313,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Yealmpton4.0 km, £292,500Wembury4.8 km, £427,500Newton Ferrers5.5 km, £590,000Plymouth6.1 km, £229,950Ivybridge9.4 km, £288,725Torpoint11.1 km, £220,000Modbury11.6 km, £395,000Millbrook11.8 km, £300,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sherford

What is it like to live in Sherford?
Homes sold for a typical £313,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 53 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 53 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 Beacon Medical Group, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Plymouth, 6.8 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 Sherford?
Sherford is covered by postcode district PL9, across 53 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sherford?
Sherford is in the South West Devon parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Rebecca Smith (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Sherford?
Homes in Sherford sold for a typical £313,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 41 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sherford?
In Sherford, primary schools at its postcodes include Sherford Vale School & Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Longcause Community Special School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sherford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sherford is Plymouth, 6.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sherford?
Ofcom reports on 53 of the 53 postcodes in Sherford. At 51 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Sherford at risk of flooding?
None of the 53 postcodes in Sherford 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 Sherford?
26 of the 53 postcodes now in use in Sherford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 54 homes sold in Sherford were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL9 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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