PL15 8PU

Camelford & Boscastle · 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 8PT 1.3 km
PL15 7SH 1.4 km
PL15 8PS 1.8 km
PL15 8PX 2.3 km
PL32 9YA 2.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8PU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.624747
Longitude
-4.586102
British National Grid easting
217,180
British National Grid northing
83,754

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011537
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095568
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 006A · E01018925
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 006 · E02003936

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Newhouse, St Clether, Launceston, PL15 8PU 23 February 2022 £490,000
Moorgate, St Clether, Launceston, PL15 8PU 27 November 2020 £550,000
Moorgate, St Clether, Launceston, PL15 8PU 30 June 2017 £478,000

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

18 female, 18 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.1
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 0.5% 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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Gigabit-capable
88.9%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
11.1%
Next Generation Access
88.9%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Trevivian Turn

    BCT · Tremail

    1.0 miles
  • Trevivian Turn

    BCT · Tremail

    1.0 miles
  • Treglasta Crossroads

    BCT · Tremail

    1.1 miles
  • Treglasta Crossroads

    BCT · Tremail

    1.1 miles
  • Trewinnow Turn

    BCT · Tremail

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 006A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,902 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 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
1
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 £490,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL15 8PU. 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.