PL26 6ET

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 6EU 576 m
PL26 7AW 1.1 km
PL26 6ES 1.1 km
PL26 7JJ 1.3 km
PL26 6HB 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 6ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6
Latitude
50.300107
Longitude
-4.832359
British National Grid easting
198,388
British National Grid northing
48,301

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011548
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096352
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 041D · E01019066
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
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. St Mewan Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.8 km
  2. Mevagissey Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km
  3. Pondhu Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.4 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 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

6 female, 7 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.3
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 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL26 6 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
25%
Next Generation Access
75%
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

  • MEVAGISSEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code L82025

    4.5 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

  • Lay-By

    BCT · Sticker

    1.2 miles
  • Entrance

    BCT · Heligan Gardens

    1.2 miles
  • Entrance

    BCT · Heligan Gardens

    1.2 miles
  • Lay-By

    BCT · Sticker

    1.2 miles
  • Hewas Inn

    BCT · Sticker

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 041D, 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

17,615 of 33,755

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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Mewan Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.4 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 3 events.

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