Paignton at a glance
Set on the Torbay coast, this is a town of 67509 with postcode districts TQ3, TQ4 and TQ2, and it anchors day‑to‑day moves for nearby Collaton St Mary at 1.7 miles, Marldon at 2.3 miles and Stoke Gabriel at 2.6 miles as well as runs into the wider bay. Paignton station is 0.7 miles from the centre for those pairing rail with a van. By road, Brixham is 4.5 miles away in 12 minutes, Totnes 5.8 miles in 15 minutes and Torquay 7.4 miles in 18 minutes, while Dartmouth is 8.4 miles in 42 minutes, Newton Abbot 9.5 miles in 21 minutes and Kingsteignton 10.7 miles in 20 minutes for regular relocations, student lets and tradespeople’s kit. Teignmouth sits 14.7 miles in 29 minutes, Bovey Tracey 16.4 miles in 30 minutes and Dawlish 17.8 miles in 37 minutes, with Kingsbridge at 18.7 miles in 39 minutes, and Exeter the nearest main town for bigger connections. Local storage options include Dainton Self Storage at 0.7 miles, Dainton Discount Self Storage at 4.8 miles, Westcountry Self Storage at 5.1 miles and Armadillo Torquay at 4.3 miles, so loads into and out of self storage are straightforward. Flat‑pack and furniture can be collected from Devonshire Retail Park at 0.8 miles, Union Square Shopping Centre at 3.5 miles and Bridge Retail Park at 4.1 miles, and tip runs go to Torbay Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre. Typical bookings here cover house and flat moves to and from the towns nearby, flat moves within the town itself, single items such as a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe or a washing machine, flat‑pack and furniture collected from the retail parks, loads into and out of self storage, and tip runs of old furniture, garden waste and clutter to the recycling centre, all planned around the short hops and longer coastal trips listed above.
Paignton had 67,509 people at the 2021 Census. Furniture and flat-pack from Devonshire Retail Park, Union Square Shopping Centre and Bridge Retail Park is a common single-item run. The council's nearest recycling centre is Torbay Waste Transfer and Recycling Centre, 1.0 miles away; a tip run with us goes to a licensed recycling centre, with the disposal in the price.