Woolwell
Ward in South Hams, Devon, England
| Coordinates: | 50.433, -4.1 |
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| OS grid ref: | SX 50 61 |
| Dialling code: | 01752 (Plymouth) |
Woolwell is an electoral ward on the northern fringe of Plymouth, within the South Hams district of Devon. The area sits where suburban housing meets countryside, with easy access into the city and nearby green spaces such as the edges of Dartmoor and the Plym Valley, making it a comfortable spot for commuters who also value rural walking and cycling routes.
Mostly developed from late 20th-century housing estates, the ward is largely residential with a small village-style centre of shops, schools and community groups that give it a family-oriented, suburban character. Historic traces of former farmland remain around the estate, and local debate often revolves around housing growth, protection of surrounding greenbelt and maintaining local services while relying economically on employment in nearby towns and Plymouth.
Postcode districts covering Woolwell
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Paignton 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Newton Abbot 22.4 miles36 km
- Saltash 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Tavistock 8 miles12.9 km
- Ivybridge 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Kingsteignton 23.7 miles38.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Bickleigh Built-up area 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Moor View Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Southway Ward 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Budshead Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Eggbuckland Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Bickleigh & Cornwood Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Shaugh Prior Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Plymouth Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Compton Ward 3.1 miles5 km
- Honicknowle Ward 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Efford and Lipson Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Plympton St. Mary Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Woolwell
PL6 7QG, PL6 7RU, PL6 7SR, PL6 7TG, PL6 7SW, PL6 7RZ, PL6 7SE, PL6 7TB, PL6 7RX … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 36.6 miles58.9 km
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 39.4 miles63.4 km
- Marsh Mills 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Bere Ferrers Railway Station 3.8 miles6.1 km
Hotels near Woolwell Ad
- Boringdon Hall Hotel and Spa 5 2.9 miles4.7 km
- The Craft House 4 5 miles8.1 km
- Future Inn Plymouth 3 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Fox on the Hoe 4 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Ibis Plymouth 3 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Elfordleigh 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Moxy Plymouth 4 5 miles8.1 km
- China Fleet Country Club 4 5 miles8.1 km
- The Drake Hotel Plymouth 4 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Rooms by Bistrot Pierre 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
Schools in Woolwell
- Bickleigh Down C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Home Park Stadium 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Cattewater Estate 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 5 miles8.1 km
- Antony Estate Estate 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Hingston Down Hill 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 9.9 miles16 km
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Bantham Beach Beach 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 14.9 miles23.9 km
- South Milton Sands Beach 16.1 miles25.8 km