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PL15 8XX

Launceston North & North Petherwin · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Launceston North & North Petherwin
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL15 8LD 206 m
PL15 8PD 244 m
PL15 8RA 432 m
PL15 8JZ 641 m
PL15 8LB 914 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL15 8XX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2003
Terminated
1 November 2003
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL15
Postcode sector
PL15 8
Latitude
50.654363
Longitude
-4.409284
British National Grid easting
229,792
British National Grid northing
86,625

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Launceston North & North Petherwin · E05013844
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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. Egloskerry Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

  2. Werrington Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

  3. Tregadillett Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • LAUNCESTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LANDLAKE ROAD, LAUNCESTON, PL15 9HH

    ODS code L82030

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Menheniot Crescent

    BCT · Langore

    0.2 miles

  • Menheniot Crescent

    BCT · Langore

    0.2 miles

  • Cemetery

    BCT · Truscott

    0.3 miles

  • Cemetery

    BCT · Truscott

    0.3 miles

  • Cargentle

    BCT · Langore

    0.6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Egloskerry Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 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.