PL15 8NE

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 8LT 739 m
PL15 8FJ 869 m
PL15 8LS 1.1 km
PL15 8NB 1.1 km
PL15 8NA 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8NE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.693238
Longitude
-4.456178
British National Grid easting
226,621
British National Grid northing
91,056

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011497
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095708
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 004B · E01018953
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 004 · E02003934

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kouloura, Brazacott, Launceston, PL15 8NE 17 May 2024 £280,000
Lower Brazacott Farm, Brazacott, Launceston, PL15 8NE 9 September 2022 £755,000
Kouloura, Brazacott, Launceston, PL15 8NE 9 July 2021 £180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. North Petherwin School

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    172 m
  2. Egloskerry Primary School

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    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

17 female, 13 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL15 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Gigabit-capable
94.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
94.4%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
38.9%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • Penscombe

    BCT · Billacott

    0.4 miles
  • Penscombe

    BCT · Billacott

    0.4 miles
  • Braywood Farm

    BCT · Troswell

    1.1 miles
  • Braywood Farm

    BCT · Troswell

    1.1 miles
  • Youngcott

    BCT · Langdon Cross

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 004B, 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

10,514 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £517,500 from 2 recorded sales in PL15 8NE. 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

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. North Petherwin School is the nearest published school at 172 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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