Moor View is an electoral ward within the city of Plymouth, sitting close to the city’s naval and dockyard quarter and the large naval base at HMNB Devonport. It contains a mix of residential streets and small commercial areas, with a varied housing stock from older council estates to more recent developments and readily accessible green spaces and community facilities.
Shaped by Plymouth’s maritime and post‑war rebuilding history, the ward has a practical, community‑focused feel: local schools, community groups and small businesses are important to daily life, while decent transport links to the city centre and surrounding neighbourhoods mean many residents commute to work in the city and dockyard. Pockets of social and economic challenge sit alongside active neighbourhood initiatives aiming to improve local services and amenity.
Postcode districts covering Moor View
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Paignton 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Newton Abbot 22.9 miles36.9 km
- Saltash 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Tavistock 9.2 miles14.9 km
- Ivybridge 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Kingsteignton 24.3 miles39.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Eggbuckland Ward 1.2 miles2 km
- Woolwell Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Plymouth Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Budshead Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Southway Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Compton Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Efford and Lipson Ward 2 miles3.1 km
- Bickleigh Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Plympton St. Mary Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Peverell Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Honicknowle Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Ham Ward 2.9 miles4.6 km
Example postcodes in Moor View
PL6 7NS, PL6 7HD, PL6 8DQ, PL6 8TE, PL6 8SD, PL6 8RQ, PL6 8NY, PL6 7HG, PL6 8LD … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 37.5 miles60.3 km
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 39.3 miles63.2 km
- Marsh Mills 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Plymouth Railway Station 3.1 miles5 km
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Schools in Moor View
- Leigham Primary School Primary
- St Matthew's C of E Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Thornbury Primary School Primary
- Tor Bridge High Secondary
Local points of interest
- Home Park Stadium 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Cattewater Estate 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Antony Estate Estate 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Hingston Down Hill 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Wistman's Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Bantham Beach Beach 13.7 miles22.1 km
- South Milton Sands Beach 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Buckfast Abbey Historic site 15.4 miles24.8 km