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TQ2 8SA lies on Medway Road in Torquay. TQ2 8SA 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 8SA?

Street	Medway Road
Town/City	Torquay
Country	England
Postcode District	TQ2

TQ2 8SA Elevation

Elevation or altitude of TQ2 8SA 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 8SA

Fore Street 51 (Fore Street)	Watcombe	76m
Medway Road (Fore Street)	Watcombe	85m
Pafford Avenue	Watcombe	101m
Pavor Road (Teignmouth Road)	Watcombe	147m
Easterfield Lane (Teignmouth Road)	Watcombe	152m

Nearest railway stations to TQ2 8SA

Torre Station	2.3km
Torquay Station	3.5km
Newton Abbot Station	6.5km

Broadband

Broadband access in TQ2 8SA (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	92.9%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	92.9%

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

Broadband speed in TQ2 8SA (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	53.4Mbps
Average download speed	55.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	10.0Mbps
Average upload speed	12.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in TQ2 8SA (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 8SA gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	155,815
Meter count	14
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,130
Median (kWh/meter)	10,881

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	36,888
Meter count	12
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,074
Median (kWh/meter)	2,310

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in TQ2 8SA, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in TQ2 8SA.
• 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 8SA:

Food Standards Agency

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

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Nearest post box to TQ2 8SA

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Watcombe Estate	17:30	13:30	119m
Church Road	17:00	12:00	634m
Watcombe Cross	18:00	12:15	657m

TQ2 8SA ITL and TQ2 8SA 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 8SA:

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 8SA 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 8SA:

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

Nearest postcodes to TQ2 8SA

TQ2 8BJ	Fore Street	63m
TQ2 8BR	Sutherland Drive	84m
TQ2 8BB	Staddon Gardens	91m
TQ2 8BZ	East Pafford Avenue	101m
TQ2 8BS	Pafford Avenue	112m
TQ1 4SP	Sovereign Mews	121m
TQ2 8EN	Idewell Road	128m
TQ2 8BL	Fore Street	129m
TQ2 8DU	Roberts Close	136m
TQ2 8BP	Fore Street	140m