PL26 8GR

Penwithick & Boscoppa · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Austell
Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 8ZU 71 m
PL26 8ZW 80 m
PL26 8GP 163 m
PL26 8GL 195 m
PL26 8WE 235 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8GR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.369014
Longitude
-4.785365
British National Grid easting
202,021
British National Grid northing
55,835

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011598
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096385
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027E · E01019075
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Heather Court, Carluddon, St Austell, PL26 8GR 27 January 2026 £244,246

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery

    Free schools

    621 m
  2. Treverbyn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km
  3. Carclaze Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 156
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Anti social behaviour 42
  • Other theft 20
  • Public order 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL26 8 residents
13,155

Age bands in PL26 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

2,322 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,326 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

3,185 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

3,689 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

2,612 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

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    3.3 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

  • Roundabout

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.2 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.2 miles
  • Pengrowyn

    BCT · Penwithick

    0.3 miles
  • Pengrowyn

    BCT · Penwithick

    0.3 miles
  • Penwithick Road

    BCT · Penwithick

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 027E, 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

11,036 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £244,246 from 1 recorded sale in PL26 8GR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cornwall is £277,801 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery is the nearest published school at 621 m.

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

Recorded crime

311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 156 events.

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