PL15 8JZ

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 8RA 221 m
PL15 8LA 360 m
PL15 8LD 482 m
PL15 8PD 518 m
PL15 8JY 610 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8JZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.649631
Longitude
-4.404104
British National Grid easting
230,141
British National Grid northing
86,087

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011581
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095710
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 006B · E01018952
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 006 · E02003936

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Well Diggers Cottage, Launceston, PL15 8JZ 30 July 2013 £158,000
Way Cottage, Launceston, PL15 8JZ 6 June 2008 £310,000
Well Diggers Cottage, Launceston, PL15 8JZ 14 May 2002 £46,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Tregadillett Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.4 km
  2. St Stephens Community Academy

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. St Josephs School

    Other independent school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Public order 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
25%

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

    4.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cemetery

    BCT · Truscott

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Truscott

    0.1 miles
  • Menheniot Crescent

    BCT · Langore

    0.3 miles
  • Menheniot Crescent

    BCT · Langore

    0.3 miles
  • Atway Farm

    BCT · Langore

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 006B, 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

13,264 of 33,755

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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Tregadillett Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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