Stoke sits just north‑east of Plymouth city centre in England, a predominantly residential area of Victorian terraces alongside interwar and post‑war housing, with a modest local high street, schools and community facilities. Its streets reflect the 19th‑century growth that absorbed the old village into the expanding port city, and it enjoys relatively easy access to green spaces and the waterfront around Devonport and Plymouth Sound.
Historically influenced by the nearby dockyards and maritime industries, the ward has a mixed social profile and a lively local community, with neighbourhood groups, churches and small businesses playing a visible role. In recent years there have been pockets of regeneration and ongoing efforts to support housing improvement and local services, while many residents commute into the city centre or to employment at the naval base and surrounding commercial areas.
Postcode districts covering Stoke
Most populated places nearby
- Plymouth 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Saltash 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Tavistock 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Ivybridge 10.5 miles16.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Devonport Ward 0.7 miles1.2 km
- St. Peter and the Waterfront Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Peverell Ward 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Drake Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Ham Ward 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Compton Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Sutton and Mount Gould Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- St. Budeaux Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Eggbuckland Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Efford and Lipson Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Torpoint Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Honicknowle Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
Example postcodes in Stoke
PL1 5PS, PL2 3BL, PL2 1JJ, PL2 1PY, PL1 5ND, PL1 4QP, PL4 6NE, PL3 4DX, PL1 5RD … See all
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 37.1 miles59.7 km
- Exeter International Airport 40.9 miles65.8 km
- Devonport Railway Station 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Plymouth Railway Station 0.7 miles1.1 km
Hotels near Stoke Ad
- The Craft House 4 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Fox on the Hoe 4 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Moxy Plymouth 4 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Rooms by Bistrot Pierre 4 1.3 miles2 km
- The Drake Hotel Plymouth 4 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Mountbatten Hotel 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Leonardo Hotel Plymouth 4 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Crowne Plaza Plymouth 4 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Copthorne Hotel Plymouth 4 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Future Inn Plymouth 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
Schools in Stoke
- City College Plymouth Further education
- Devonport High School for Boys Secondary
- Ford Primary School Primary
- Scott Medical and Healthcare College Secondary
- Stoke Damerel Community College Secondary
- Stoke Damerel Primary Academy Primary
- Stuart Road Primary Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Home Park Stadium 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Sensory Garden Gardens 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Cattewater Estate 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Mount Edgcumbe Estate 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Antony Estate Estate 3 miles4.9 km
- Tregantle Beach Beach 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Wadham Rocks Beach Beach 8.8 miles14.1 km
- Hingston Down Hill 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Bantham Beach Beach 14.2 miles22.9 km
- South Milton Sands Beach 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Polperro Harbor Harbour 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Polperro Harbour Heritage Museum Museum 16.2 miles26 km