| Area Code: | TQ |
The TQ postcode area, also known as the Torquay postcode area,[1] is a group of fourteen postcode districts in South West England, within eleven post towns. These cover much of south Devon, including Torquay, Paignton, Newton Abbot, Brixham, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Salcombe, South Brent, Teignmouth and Totnes.
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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
|-! TQ1| TORQUAY| Torquay (centre), St Marychurch| Torbay|-! TQ2| TORQUAY| Torquay (west, north)| Torbay|-! TQ3| PAIGNTON| Paignton (north, Preston area)| Torbay|-! TQ4| PAIGNTON| Paignton (centre), Goodrington| Torbay|-! TQ5| BRIXHAM| Brixham| Torbay|-! TQ6| DARTMOUTH| Dartmouth| South Hams|-! TQ7| KINGSBRIDGE| Kingsbridge| South Hams|-! TQ8| SALCOMBE| Salcombe| South Hams|-! TQ9| TOTNES| Totnes, Dartington| South Hams|-! TQ9| SOUTH BRENT| | non-geographic[2] [3] |-! TQ10| SOUTH BRENT| South Brent| South Hams|-! TQ11| BUCKFASTLEIGH| Buckfastleigh| Teignbridge|-! TQ12| NEWTON ABBOT| Newton Abbot, Kingsteignton| Teignbridge|-! TQ13| NEWTON ABBOT| Ashburton, Bovey Tracey, Chudleigh, Moretonhampstead, Widecombe in the Moor| Teignbridge|-! TQ14| TEIGNMOUTH| Teignmouth| Teignbridge|}