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PL26 7AF

St Mewan & Grampound · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Austell
Ward
St Mewan & Grampound
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 7AE 87 m
PL26 7AH 121 m
PL26 7AG 141 m
PL26 7AQ 257 m
PL26 7AA 309 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 7AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 7
Latitude
50.326426
Longitude
-4.792274
British National Grid easting
201,352
British National Grid northing
51,119

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
St Mewan & Grampound · E05013859
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

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Casa Mia, Bridgemead Close, Tregorrick, St Austell, PL26 7AF 12 December 2019 £285,000
Lavenham, Bridgemead Close, Tregorrick, St Austell, PL26 7AF 31 March 2017 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
2

  1. Pondhu Primary School

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    905 m

  2. Restormel Academy

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    1.6 km

  3. Mount Charles School

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    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,282
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 538
  • Anti social behaviour 172
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Shoplifting 121
  • Public order 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
PL26 7 residents
10,136

Age bands in PL26 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,546 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

963 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

2,026 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

2,920 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

2,482 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL26 7 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    3.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Tregorrick Turn

    BCT · Tregorrick

    0.1 miles

  • Tregorrick Turn

    BCT · Tregorrick

    0.1 miles

  • Natural Retreats

    BCT · Tregorrick

    0.2 miles

  • Natural Retreats

    BCT · Tregorrick

    0.2 miles

  • B&Q

    BCT · St Austell

    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.

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
2
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Pondhu Primary School is the nearest published school at 905 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,282 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 538 events.

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