PL15 8RX

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 8RY 1.2 km
PL15 8LJ 1.3 km
PL15 8RT 1.4 km
PL15 8RS 1.4 km
PL15 8LU 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8RX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.665794
Longitude
-4.454151
British National Grid easting
226,663
British National Grid northing
88,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011432
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095795
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 004C · E01018968
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 004 · E02003934

Postcode source versions

Explore PL15

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Vicarage, Egloskerry, Launceston, PL15 8RX 22 December 2025 £725,000
Killicoff, Egloskerry, Launceston, PL15 8RX 24 July 2002 £209,000
Palmers, Egloskerry, Launceston, PL15 8RX 5 October 2000 £122,300

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Egloskerry Primary School

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    1.4 km
  2. North Petherwin School

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    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

15 female, 16 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.4
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.

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+
45.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
18.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
18.2%
Gigabit-capable
18.2%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Trebeath

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.6 miles
  • Trebeath

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.6 miles
  • Tregeare Turn

    BCT · Trebeath

    0.7 miles
  • Tregeare Turn

    BCT · Trebeath

    0.7 miles
  • Treludick Turn

    BCT · Tregeare

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 004C, 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

10,895 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £725,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL15 8RX. 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Egloskerry Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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