Newton Abbot at a glance
In Devon’s market town of Newton Abbot, home to a population of 29650 and covered by TQ12, the nearest main town is Exeter and the rail link at Newton Abbot station sits 0.8 miles from the centre for easy connections when moving to, from or around the area. By road it is well placed among nearby towns: Kingsteignton is 2.1 miles away in 8 minutes, Torquay 5.5 miles in 15 minutes, Bovey Tracey 6.4 miles in 16 minutes, Teignmouth 7.5 miles in 18 minutes, Totnes 8.2 miles in 16 minutes, Paignton 9.4 miles in 21 minutes, Dawlish 10.7 miles in 26 minutes, Brixham 13.3 miles in 31 minutes, Dartmouth 21.3 miles in 41 minutes, and Exmouth 25.5 miles in 40 minutes. It also serves smaller places on the doorstep, including East Ogwell at 1.1 miles, Abbotskerswell at 1.3 miles, Denbury at 2 miles and Ipplepen at 2.9 miles, making local pick-ups and drop-offs straightforward. For storage-linked moves there is Westcountry Self Storage 2.5 miles from the centre, Dainton Discount Self Storage 2.6 miles away, Armadillo Torquay 4.4 miles away and Dainton Self Storage 7.3 miles away, while flat-pack and furniture collected from Wren Retail Park at 3.9 miles, Riviera Way Retail Park at 4.2 miles and Bridge Retail Park at 4.3 miles feature in day-to-day jobs. Tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre are easy with Brunel Road Recycling Centre 1 miles from the centre. Typical requests here include house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby, single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine, tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre, flat-pack and furniture collected from the retail parks, and loads into and out of self storage, with many people moving between Newton Abbot and Torquay, Paignton, Teignmouth, Totnes, and the nearby villages.
Newton Abbot had 29,650 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Wren Retail Park, Riviera Way Retail Park and Bridge Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Brunel Road Recycling Centre, 1.0 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.