Carkeel is a small hamlet just outside Saltash in southeast Cornwall, England, sitting beside the busy A38 corridor and close to the tidal River Tamar. It occupies a fringe position between the rolling farmland of the Tamar Valley and the urban edge of Plymouth, so the area feels like a quiet rural gateway with handy road links.
Although modest in size, Carkeel has a practical, service-orientated character thanks to nearby industrial and service facilities that support local employment and commuters. Socially it’s a mix of long-standing rural households and newer commuters who use nearby Saltash for shops and schools, while the surrounding countryside and the Tamar valley offer pleasant walks and river-side recreation.
Postcode districts covering Carkeel
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 6.2 miles10 km
- St. Austell 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Saltash 1 mile1.6 km
- Bodmin 21.6 miles34.8 km
- Tavistock 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Ivybridge 14.1 miles22.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Saltash Tamar Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Saltash Built-up area 1 mile1.6 km
- Saltash Trematon & Landrake Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Botusfleming Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Saltash Essa Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Landulph Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Cargreen Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Landrake Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- St. Budeaux Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Pillaton Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Landrake with St. Erney Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Torpoint Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Carkeel
PL12 6PR, PL12 6NR, PL12 6GA, PL12 6LS, PL12 6GS, PL12 6PQ, PL12 6GF, PL12 6PH, PL12 6LE … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 33.4 miles53.7 km
- Exeter International Airport 42.1 miles67.7 km
- Saltash Railway Station 1.6 miles2.6 km
- St Budeaux Victoria Road Railway Station 2.6 miles4.2 km
Hotels near Carkeel Ad
- China Fleet Country Club 4 1.1 miles1.7 km
- The Craft House 4 5.6 miles9 km
- Fox on the Hoe 4 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Finnygook Inn 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Rooms by Bistrot Pierre 4 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Moxy Plymouth 4 5.4 miles8.6 km
- Future Inn Plymouth 3 5 miles8 km
- The Drake Hotel Plymouth 4 5.6 miles9 km
- Mountbatten Hotel 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Boringdon Hall Hotel and Spa 5 8.1 miles13 km
Local points of interest
- Antony Estate Estate 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Home Park Stadium 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 5.1 miles8.1 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Cattewater Estate 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Hingston Down Hill 6.8 miles11 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Polperro Harbor Harbour 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Polperro Harbour Heritage Museum Museum 13.8 miles22.3 km
- Lansallos Beach Beach 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 16.6 miles26.6 km