PL17 8QA

Lynher · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Lynher
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Postcode district
PL17
Postcode sector
PL17 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL17 8QD 633 m
PL17 8PZ 733 m
PL17 7LY 754 m
PL17 8QB 833 m
PL17 7LX 954 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL17 8QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL17
Postcode sector
PL17 8
Latitude
50.542885
Longitude
-4.367180
British National Grid easting
232,372
British National Grid northing
74,135

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Lynher · E05013309
Parish or community
E04011471
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094789
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 012A · E01018777
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 012 · E02003893

Postcode source versions

Explore PL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Stoke Climsland School

    Community school

    3.6 km
  2. Coads Green Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km
  3. Trekenner Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
PL17 8 residents
4,678

Age bands in PL17 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.1%

554 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

444 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

718 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.2%

1,476 residents

Age 65 and over
30.4%

1,395 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL17 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

  • Post Box

    BCT · Bray Shop

    0.4 miles
  • Post Box

    BCT · Bray Shop

    0.4 miles
  • Church House Inn

    BCT · Linkinhorne

    0.5 miles
  • Church House Inn

    BCT · Linkinhorne

    0.5 miles
  • Linkinhorne Crossroads

    BCT · Kersbrook Cross

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 012A, 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

12,122 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Stoke Climsland School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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