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PL26 6YW

Mevagissey & St Austell Bay · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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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 6RF 45 m
PL26 6RB 84 m
PL26 6RU 150 m
PL26 6RX 189 m
PL26 6RS 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 6YW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 July 2001
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 6
Latitude
50.269527
Longitude
-4.793168
British National Grid easting
201,051
British National Grid northing
44,796

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
E04011487
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096204
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 041A · E01019038
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
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Mevagissey Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Gorran School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
93
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Other theft 8
  • Public order 8
  • Anti social behaviour 8

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

  • MEVAGISSEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code L82025

    364 m

Nearby transport

  • Trevarth

    BCT · Mevagissey

    0.2 miles

  • River Street Car Park

    BCT · Mevagissey

    0.2 miles

  • School Hill

    BCT · Mevagissey

    0.3 miles

  • School Hill

    BCT · Mevagissey

    0.3 miles

  • Trevalsa Court Hotel

    BCT · Mevagissey

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 041A, 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

11,901 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mevagissey Community Primary 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

93 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 43 events.

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