| Postcode | TQ1 2HL |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Torquay |
| Nearest station | Torquay (3 km) |
| Bus stops |
Higher Lincombe Road (N)
Ilsham Primary School (E)
Illsham Primary School (SW)
Acadia Road (NE)
Kents Cavern (NE)
St Matthias Church (SW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View |
| Known addresses |
Linacre, Ridgeway Road, Torquay
1 Wellswood Heights, Ridgeway Road, Torquay
2 Wellswood Heights, Ridgeway Road, Torquay
|
| Main property type | Flat |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 50.464835 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -3.506015 | |
| Easting | 293208 | |
| Northing | 63862 | |
| Grid reference | SX932638 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 464086 5590437 | |
| what3words | mugs.fantastic.fired | |
| FixPhrase | crevice lunchroom squeezing valley | |
| Plus code | 9C2RFF7V+WH | |
| Altitude | 94 metres (309 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:54 | |
| Sunset (today) | 18:04 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.3 KMs (0.2 miles) |
| Parish | Torbay, unparished area | E43000022 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Wellswood | E05012269 |
| Unitary Authority | Torbay | E06000027 |
| County | Devon | E10000008 |
| Constituency (2024) | Torbay | E14001551 |
| MP | Steve Darling | Liberal Democrat |
| Police force | Devon & Cornwall | |
| Water company | South West Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Torbay | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Devon | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Torquay | E63014039 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00077151 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Torbay 010E | E01015271 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Torbay 010E | E01015271 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Wellswood | E02003163 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Wellswood | E02003163 |
| Travel to work area | Torquay and Paignton | E30000279 |
| Average property price in Torquay | £290,681 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -2.4% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Wellswood Heights, Ridgeway Road, Torquay | Flat (leasehold) | May 2024 | £200,000 |
| Flat (leasehold) | Jun 2019 | £115,000 | |
| Flat (leasehold) | Oct 2006 | £230,000 | |
| Flat (leasehold) | Jul 2003 | £150,000 | |
| Flat (leasehold) | Nov 2002 | £97,500 | |
| 1 Wellswood Heights, Ridgeway Road, Torquay | Flat (leasehold) | Nov 2011 | £150,000 |
| Flat (leasehold) | Dec 1999 | £83,250 | |
| Flat (leasehold) | Dec 1996 | £65,000 | |
| Linacre, Ridgeway Road, Torquay | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2010 | £825,000 |