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TQ2 8BL lies on Fore Street in Barton, Torquay. TQ2 8BL is located in the Barton with Watcombe electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Torbay and the English Parliamentary constituency of Torbay. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Devon ICB - 15N and the police force is Devon & Cornwall. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is TQ2 8BL?

Street	Fore Street
Locality	Barton
Town/City	Torquay
Country	England
Postcode District	TQ2

TQ2 8BL Elevation

Elevation or altitude of TQ2 8BL as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	70m	230ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Barton With Watcombe
Constituency	Torbay

Transport

Nearest bus stops to TQ2 8BL

Fore Street 51 (Fore Street)	Watcombe	61m
Medway Road (Fore Street)	Watcombe	66m
76a Fore Street (Fore Street)	Watcombe	75m
Pafford Avenue	Watcombe	79m
Halsteads Rd (Halsteads Road)	Watcombe	131m

Nearest railway stations to TQ2 8BL

Torre Station	2.2km
Torquay Station	3.4km
Newton Abbot Station	6.5km

Broadband

Broadband access in TQ2 8BL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	100.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in TQ2 8BL (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	40.0Mbps
Average download speed	33.9Mbps
Maximum download speed	74.44Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	7.9Mbps
Maximum upload speed	19.53Mbps

Broadband limitations in TQ2 8BL (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

TQ2 8BL gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in TQ2 8BL by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	129,147
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	9,225
Median (kWh/meter)	9,485

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	41,823
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,485
Median (kWh/meter)	2,619

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in TQ2 8BL, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in TQ2 8BL.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

95% of English postcodes are less deprived than TQ2 8BL:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to TQ2 8BL (metres)

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Nearest post box to TQ2 8BL

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Watcombe Estate	17:30	13:30	54m
Church Road	17:00	12:00	605m
Winstone Avenue	17:30	12:45	661m

TQ2 8BL ITL and TQ2 8BL LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for TQ2 8BL:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLK	South West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLK4	Devon
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLK42	Torbay
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000027	Torbay

TQ2 8BL census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for TQ2 8BL:

	Code	Name
OA	E00077138
LSOA	E01015266	Torbay 001E
MSOA	E02003154	Torbay 001

Nearest postcodes to TQ2 8BL

TQ2 8EL	Firlands Road	62m
TQ2 8BP	Fore Street	67m
TQ2 8BJ	Fore Street	67m
TQ2 8EN	Idewell Road	74m
TQ2 8BS	Pafford Avenue	102m
TQ2 8EW	Firlands Road	125m
TQ2 8SA	Medway Road	129m
TQ2 8HA	Garth Road	146m
TQ2 8HB	Halsteads Road	148m
TQ2 8DL	Starpitten Lane West	161m