PL15 8SS

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 8ST 84 m
PL15 8RU 168 m
PL15 8RS 180 m
PL15 8FD 184 m
PL15 8RT 220 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.652342
Longitude
-4.447126
British National Grid easting
227,110
British National Grid northing
86,488

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

48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Well Meadow, Egloskerry, Launceston, PL15 8SS 18 December 2024 £335,000
6, Well Meadow, Egloskerry, Launceston, PL15 8SS 7 December 2022 £375,000
22, Well Meadow, Egloskerry, Launceston, PL15 8SS 6 December 2022 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Egloskerry Primary School

    Academy converter

    201 m
  2. Tregadillett Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.8 km
  3. North Petherwin School

    Academy converter

    4.4 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
49

24 female, 25 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.9
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 0.7% 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
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

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.1 miles
  • Red Barn

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.4 miles
  • Red Barn

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.4 miles
  • Trebeath

    BCT · Egloskerry

    0.9 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £357,500 from 4 recorded sales in PL15 8SS. 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Egloskerry Primary School is the nearest published school at 201 m.

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.