PL26 6AR

St Mewan & Grampound · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 7FH 247 m
PL26 7AJ 469 m
PL26 6AA 523 m
PL26 6AD 573 m
PL26 7AQ 596 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 6AR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6
Latitude
50.327439
Longitude
-4.780418
British National Grid easting
202,200
British National Grid northing
51,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013072
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096347
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 041E · E01019067
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 041 · E02003964

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Mount Charles School

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    1.1 km
  2. Restormel Academy

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    1.3 km
  3. Penrice Academy

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    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,315
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 586
  • Anti social behaviour 184
  • Criminal damage and arson 144
  • Shoplifting 102
  • Public order 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL26 6 residents
4,966

Age bands in PL26 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.7%

692 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.5%

408 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

861 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,679 residents

Age 65 and over
33.4%

1,827 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

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    2.4 km

Nearby transport

  • St Austell Hospital

    BCT · St Austell

    0.3 miles
  • Duporth Turn

    BCT · Duporth

    0.4 miles
  • Duporth Turn

    BCT · Duporth

    0.4 miles
  • Pellymounter Road

    BCT · Duporth

    0.5 miles
  • Pellmounter Road

    BCT · Duporth

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 041E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,467 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Mount Charles School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,315 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 586 events.

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