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PL15 8FG

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 8DN 94 m
PL15 8HP 95 m
PL15 8HN 98 m
PL15 8DP 132 m
PL15 8DW 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8FG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.643887
Longitude
-4.367019
British National Grid easting
232,742
British National Grid northing
85,364

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
E00095678
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 005C · E01018948
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 005 · E02003935

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bramley Cottage, Orchard Close, Launceston, PL15 8FG 3 December 2019 £318,000
Pear Cottage, Orchard Close, Launceston, PL15 8FG 17 April 2014 £265,000
Bramley Cottage, Orchard Close, Launceston, PL15 8FG 11 February 2014 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1

  1. St Josephs School

    Other independent school

    89 m

  2. St Stephens Community Academy

    Academy converter

    297 m

  3. Windmill Hill Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
679
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 361
  • Criminal damage and arson 75
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Other theft 59
  • Public order 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • LAUNCESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDLAKE ROAD, LAUNCESTON, PL15 9HH

    ODS code L82030

    1.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Broad Park

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • Convent

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • Broad Park

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • St Stephens Hill

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

  • St Stephens Hill

    BCT · Newport

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 005C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,673 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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
0
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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Josephs School is the nearest published school at 89 m.

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

Recorded crime

679 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 361 events.

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