Shopping and Travel

Fore Street and its immediate environs is the retail hub of Saltash, with a wide range of shops and other businesses catering for almost every need or desire. And if you can't find what you want in the town centre, there are many other retail businesses with premises located further afield in Saltash.

Most places in Saltash are open more-or-less during standard business hours only, but there are exceptions; these include Saltash Leisure Centre, many of the restaurants and cafés, most of the pubs, inns, and clubs, and a half-dozen or so takeaways. A number of supermarkets and other stores stay open for long hours 7 days a week:

1. Tamar View Nurseries, Carkeel, PL12 6PH
2. Waitrose, Avery Way, Carkeel, PL12 6LD
3. B&M Home Store, Avery Way, Carkeel, PL12 6LD
4. The Food Warehouse, Gilston Rd, Carkeel, PL12 6FG
5. Home Bargains, Gilston Road, Carkeel, PL12 6FG
6. Lidl, Gilston Road, Carkeel, PL12 6TW
7. Domino's Pizza, Pillmere Drive, Carkeel, PL12 6FH
8. Premier, 177 Callington Rd, Saltash PL12 6JA
9. SPAR Mote Park, 47 Mote Park, PL12 4JY
10. Your Local Store, 133 Callington Road, PL12 6EB
11. Premier, Gordon Court, PL12 4EF
12. SPAR Cross Park, 135 St Stephens Road, PL12 4NH
13. Bargain Booze, 127 Fore Street, PL12 6AB
14. Morrisons, 36-38 Fore Street, PL12 6JL
15. Co-op Food, 51-59 Fore Street, PL12 6AL

Travelling to and from Saltash is easy. The A38 trunk road runs across the parish from the Tamar Bridge (which is free west-bound into Cornwall, but charges a toll if you want to leave!), and the town is well served by buses, coaches, and trains. Getting around the town itself is also easy, with frequent buses serving every part of the town, and several established and reliable taxi firms based in Saltash. If you're using your own transport, the town centre has two long stay and two short stay pay-and-display car parks, many businesses have free parking for customers, on-street parking is free (but somewhat limited) everywhere in Saltash, and there are three free car parks not far from the town centre.

Buses and Coaches: The Bus Times website has a list of all bus and coach routes serving Saltash, with a list of all stops in the town centre, and a map showing their locations. They have similar lists of bus services in Burraton, bus services in Carkeel, bus services in Latchbrook, bus services in St Stephens, and bus services in Wearde. Select a stop from the list or the map for a new page with a list of the services which stop there, a map link showing its exact location, a link showing it on Google Street View, and a 'departures board' (updated in real time) with times, route numbers, and final destinations. Each route number is linked to the current timetable for that route.

• Taxis:
• • Cottons Taxi Service - Phone: 01752 848484 – Website
  • Double Two Taxis - Phone: 01752 848422 – Website
  • Saltash Taxi Services - Phone: 07733 853434 – Website

Trains: The Cornish Main Line from Penzance to Plymouth provides regular trains stopping at Saltash. This line and its branches serve all stations in Cornwall, and it connects at Plymouth with direct lines serving all other parts of the country. The Railway Station website has a Saltash Station 'Arrivals and Departures' list (updated in real time), with full timetable and other details of each service.

• Pay-and-display Car Parks:
• • Alexandra Square long stay car park– Details – Location
  • Belle Vue East long stay car park – Details – Location
  • Belle Vue West short stay car park – Details – Location
  • Culver Road short stay car park – Details – Location

• Free Car Parks:
• • Jubilee Green – Location
  • Saltmill – Location
  • Warfelton – Location

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page updated 2025-02-14