PL26 8JX

Lanivet, Blisland & Bodmin St Lawrence · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 8LQ 30 m
PL26 8LX 265 m
PL26 8GQ 356 m
PL26 8LG 434 m
PL26 8LT 481 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8JX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2015
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.422059
Longitude
-4.831957
British National Grid easting
198,933
British National Grid northing
61,857

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011610
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095675
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 011D · E01018945
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 011 · E02003940

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Roche Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  2. St Wenn School

    Foundation school

    3.7 km
  3. Bugle School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
90
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 45
  • Other theft 13
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Shoplifting 6
  • Burglary 3

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 straight-line

  • CLAYS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L82051

    1.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Vospers

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Travelodge

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Vospers

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Travelodge

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Roche Rail Station

    RSE · Roche

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 011D, 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

12,058 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Roche Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

90 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 45 events.

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