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PL26 6BU

Mevagissey & St Austell Bay · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Austell
Ward
Mevagissey & St Austell Bay
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 6BX 133 m
PL26 6BY 159 m
PL26 6BZ 223 m
PL26 6DA 275 m
PL26 6DB 275 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 6BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6
Latitude
50.292178
Longitude
-4.785634
British National Grid easting
201,682
British National Grid northing
47,294

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Mevagissey & St Austell Bay · E05013846
Parish or community
E04013072
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096200
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 041C · E01019040
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 041 · E02003964

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rock Cottage, Pentewan, St Austell, PL26 6BU 10 August 2018 £325,000
Rock Cottage, Pentewan, St. Austell, PL26 6BU 17 July 1998 £145,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0

  1. Mevagissey Community Primary School

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    1.5 km

  2. Pondhu Primary School

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    4.7 km

  3. St Mewan Community Primary School

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    4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Possession of weapons 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

3 female, 5 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
8.0
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL26 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • MEVAGISSEY SURGERY

    RIVER STREET, MEVAGISSEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 6UE

    ODS code L82025

    2.4 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Pentewan Turn

    BCT · Pentewan

    0.1 miles

  • Pentewan Turn

    BCT · Pentewan

    0.1 miles

  • Tregiskey Farm

    BCT · Pentewan

    0.7 miles

  • Tregiskey Farm

    BCT · Pentewan

    0.7 miles

  • Top Pentewan Hill

    BCT · Pentewan

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 041C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,892 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mevagissey Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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