PL26 7TJ

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 7TF 54 m
PL26 7TQ 365 m
PL26 7TE 397 m
PL25 5TQ 538 m
PL25 5TP 593 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 7TJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2009
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 7
Latitude
50.339461
Longitude
-4.832746
British National Grid easting
198,527
British National Grid northing
52,677

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013090
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096363
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 030E · E01019073
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 030 · E02003958

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. St Mewan Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  2. Pondhu Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km
  3. Foxhole Learning Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
68
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Other theft 6
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Other crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • BRANNEL SURGERY

    58 RECTORY ROAD, ST STEPHEN, ST AUSTELL, PL26 7RL

    ODS code L82011

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Tremewan

    BCT · Trewoon

    0.4 miles
  • Tremewan

    BCT · Trewoon

    0.4 miles
  • Burngullow Turn

    BCT · Lanjeth

    0.4 miles
  • Burngullow Turn

    BCT · Lanjeth

    0.4 miles
  • Stores

    BCT · Trewoon

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 030E, 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

13,621 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Mewan 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

68 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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