PL26 8GT

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 8GA 0 m
PL26 8GD 102 m
PL26 8TW 204 m
PL26 8RH 295 m
PL26 8TN 341 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8GT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.382561
Longitude
-4.786145
British National Grid easting
202,022
British National Grid northing
57,343

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
E00096394
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027D · E01019074
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Beanie Farm, Withiel Road, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8GT 21 January 2022 £161,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Treverbyn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    444 m
  2. Bugle School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery

    Free schools

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
415
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 216
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Anti social behaviour 47
  • Public order 25
  • Other theft 17

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

2

within 5 km

  • CLAYS PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, ROCHE, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 8JF

    ODS code L82051

    4.5 km

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    4.6 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

  • Kerrow Moor Farm

    BCT · Bugle

    0.1 miles
  • Kerrow Moor Farm

    BCT · Bugle

    0.1 miles
  • Rescorla Turn

    BCT · Resugga Green

    0.2 miles
  • Treverbyn CP School

    BCT · Treverbyn

    0.2 miles
  • Rescorla Turn

    BCT · Resugga Green

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 027D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,501 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 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 £161,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL26 8GT. 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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Treverbyn Academy is the nearest published school at 444 m.

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

Recorded crime

415 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 216 events.

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