TQ12 6FA postcode in Newton Abbot, Devon

TQ12 6FA is a postcode in Newton Abbot, in the Ambrook ward of Teignbridge. It is in the Newton Abbot parliamentary constituency and the Devon & Cornwall police force area, and has been in use since January 1991.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at TQ12 6FA can get it Across Teignbridge: 77% Typical price £300,000 Homes sold in TQ12 6, last 12 months. ▼ 8.7% on the year before Nearest station Newton Abbot 1.9 km in a straight line

Where TQ12 6FA is, and what is near it

Map of TQ12 6FA and what is near it Map of TQ12 6FA: its centre point, with the 322 other postcodes in the TQ12 6 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. TQ12 6AA: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AD: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AE: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AF: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AG: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AJ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AL: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AN: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AQ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AR: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AS: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AT: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AU: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AW: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AX: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AY: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6AZ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BA: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BD: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BE: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BG: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BH: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BJ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BL: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BN: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BQ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BS: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BT: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BU: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6BX: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6EP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FB: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FD: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FE: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FF: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FG: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FH: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FL: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FQ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FR: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6FT: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6GG: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6GP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6GR: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6GS: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6LP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6LS: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6LX: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6TP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6UG: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6UH: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YA: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YB: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YD: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YE: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YG: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YH: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YJ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YL: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YN: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YP: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YQ: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YR: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YS: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YT: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YW: also in TQ12 6TQ12 6YZ: also in TQ12 6 2 schools, 1.1–1.2 kmTorre station 7.8 kmAmbrook TQ12 6FA Map of TQ12 6FA and what is near it Map of TQ12 6FA: its centre point, with the 322 other postcodes in the TQ12 6 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 11 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Ambrook TQ12 6FA
  • TQ12 6FA
  • Other postcodes in TQ12 6: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 11 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 50.5231, longitude -3.6233)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after TQ12 6FA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at TQ12 6FA?

Every home and business at TQ12 6FA can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

TQ12 6FA 100% Teignbridge 77%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

TQ12 6FA 100% Teignbridge 93%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at TQ12 6FA?

BinDayBuddy does not read Teignbridge District Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Teignbridge District Council's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is TQ12 6FA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include TQ12 6FA.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Teignbridge

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for TQ12 6FA: 1,431 properties in Teignbridge are at high risk (1.6% of all its properties). All the figures for Teignbridge

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of TQ12 6FA is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near TQ12 6FA?

Homes in TQ12 6 sold for a typical £300,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, down 8.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£300,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£328,750 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £400,000 49 sales
  • Semi-detached £282,500 24 sales
  • Terraced £222,500 29 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £145,000 5 sales

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

Across the whole TQ12 district: a typical £270,000 from 721 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in TQ12 6FA

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in TQ12 6FA from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 22 July 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near TQ12 6FA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 620 homes in the neighbourhood around TQ12 6FA. The largest share of them, 29%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (75%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around TQ12 6FA

Band D in Teignbridge for 2026‑27: £2,643. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £2,056 (band B) to £3,818 (band F); band D, the most common, is £2,643.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Awithheld£1,762
Band Babout 100 (16%)£2,056
Band Cabout 130 (21%)£2,349
Band Dabout 180 (29%)£2,643
Band Eabout 180 (29%)£3,230
Band Fabout 30 (5%)£3,818
Band Gwithheld£4,405
Band Hfewer than 5£5,286

When the homes were built

  1. Withheld Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 8% 1919 to 1939
  4. 2% 1945 to 1964
  5. 5% 1965 to 1982
  6. 75% 1983 to 1999
  7. 6% 2000 to 2009
  8. 5% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Teignbridge before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of TQ12 6FA is in (ONS area E01020194), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near TQ12 6FA?

The nearest open schools to TQ12 6FA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near TQ12 6FA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to TQ12 6FA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of TQ12 6FA is Newton Abbot Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Newton Abbot Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
  • Torre Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive

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

11 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Meadow Halt, 48 m away.

More stations near TQ12 6FA, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near TQ12 6FA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of TQ12 6FA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near TQ12 6FA?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of TQ12 6FA on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near TQ12 6FA?

The nearest to the centre of TQ12 6FA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to TQ12 6FA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near TQ12 6FA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of TQ12 6FA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near TQ12 6FA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of TQ12 6FA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near TQ12 6FA?

The nearest vets to the centre of TQ12 6FA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is TQ12 6FA in a conservation area?

The centre of TQ12 6FA is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near TQ12 6FA?

Police.uk records 139 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of TQ12 6FA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences54 reports
Shoplifting27 reports
Anti-social behaviour13 reports
Criminal damage and arson12 reports
Public order9 reports
Other theft8 reports

Also: drugs 5, burglary 3, vehicle crime 2, bicycle theft 2, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, robbery 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for TQ12 6FA

Ward
Ambrook
Parish
Ogwell
Region
South West
Country
England
Built-up area
Newton Abbot
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1991

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

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

TQ12 6YZ90 mTQ12 6FE120 mTQ12 6FB150 mTQ12 1YW160 mTQ12 6YP170 mTQ12 6BU180 m
All of TQ12

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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