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PL15 8DN

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Launceston
Ward
Launceston North & North Petherwin
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 8DP 40 m
PL15 8FG 94 m
PL15 8DR 108 m
PL15 8DS 116 m
PL15 8DW 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8DN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.644447
Longitude
-4.366028
British National Grid easting
232,814
British National Grid northing
85,424

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Launceston North & North Petherwin · E05013844
Parish or community
E04011466
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095698
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 005D · E01018949
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 005 · E02003935

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

Property

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36 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Willowbrook, Roydon Road, Launceston, PL15 8DN 1 September 2022 £340,000
7a, Roydon Road, Launceston, PL15 8DN 9 April 2021 £230,000
7b, Roydon Road, Launceston, PL15 8DN 5 March 2020 £294,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. St Josephs School

    Other independent school

    182 m

  2. St Stephens Community Academy

    Academy converter

    275 m

  3. Windmill Hill Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
638
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 332
  • Criminal damage and arson 75
  • Anti social behaviour 65
  • Other theft 56
  • Public order 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
74
36 female, 38 male
Postcode households
46
Residents per household
1.6
PL15 8 residents
7,260

Age bands in PL15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%
1,082 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.8%
703 residents
Age 25 to 44
19.7%
1,415 residents
Age 45 to 64
30.5%
2,196 residents
Age 65 and over
24.9%
1,793 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL15 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
28.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
28.3%
Gigabit-capable
28.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • LAUNCESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDLAKE ROAD, LAUNCESTON, PL15 9HH

    ODS code L82030

    1.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Broad Park

    BCT · Newport

    54 m

  • Broad Park

    BCT · Newport

    72 m

  • Convent

    BCT · Newport

    177 m

  • Jn to St Leaonards Road

    BCT · St Stephens

    199 m

  • Spar Shop

    BCT · Newport

    212 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 005D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,819 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £340,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL15 8DN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cornwall is £277,801 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Josephs School is the nearest published school at 182 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

638 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 332 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.