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PL23 1NL

Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Fowey
Ward
Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Postcode district
PL23
Postcode sector
PL23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL23 1NN 782 m
PL23 1ND 903 m
PL23 1NE 979 m
PL23 1NJ 1.1 km
PL23 1NW 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL23 1NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL23
Postcode sector
PL23 1
Latitude
50.349337
Longitude
-4.594710
British National Grid easting
215,501
British National Grid northing
53,157

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos · E05013306
Parish or community
E04011464
Westminster constituency
South East Cornwall · E14001486
Output area
E00094732
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 028D · E01018766
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 028 · E02003901

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Coombeland, Lanteglos, Fowey, PL23 1NL 31 January 2020 £550,000
Trethake Mill, Lanteglos, Fowey, PL23 1NL 17 December 2018 £620,000
The Old Piggery, Lanteglos, Fowey, PL23 1NL 28 July 2017 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
1

  1. Fowey Primary School

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    3.7 km

  2. Polruan Primary Academy

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    3.8 km

  3. Fowey River Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
PL23 1 residents
3,150

Age bands in PL23 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.1%

363 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

277 residents

Age 25 to 44
15%

491 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,016 residents

Age 65 and over
34.2%

1,116 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL23 1 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • FOWEY RIVER PRACTICE

    RAWLINGS LANE, FOWEY, PL23 1DT

    ODS code L82035

    3.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • River View

    BCT · Lanteglos Highway

    0.6 miles

  • River View

    BCT · Lanteglos Highway

    0.6 miles

  • Whitecross

    BCT · Bodinnick

    1.1 miles

  • Whitecross

    BCT · Bodinnick

    1.1 miles

  • Trenedden

    BCT · Trenewan

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 028D, 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

7,307 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fowey Primary 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

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.

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