PL26 8LX

Roche & Bugle · 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 8GQ 224 m
PL26 8LG 228 m
PL26 8LQ 270 m
PL26 8LT 551 m
PL26 8LF 760 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8LX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.420657
Longitude
-4.828944
British National Grid easting
199,141
British National Grid northing
61,693

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04011517
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00182853
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 024B · E01019053
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 024 · E02003956

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
City West Commercials Ltd, Victoria Business Park, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8LX 7 May 2025 £1,750,000
City West Commercials Ltd, Victoria Business Park, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8LX 25 March 2019 £1,000,000
Unit 3, Victoria Business Park, Roche, St Austell, PL26 8LX 24 October 1997 £22,000

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

    1.6 km
  2. Bugle School

    Academy converter

    3.7 km
  3. St Wenn School

    Foundation school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
107
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 53
  • Other theft 14
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Shoplifting 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 5

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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • CLAYS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L82051

    1.3 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

  • Travelodge

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Vospers

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Vospers

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Travelodge

    BCT · Victoria

    0.1 miles
  • Roche Rail Station

    RLY · Roche

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 024B, 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

6,661 of 33,755

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

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
1
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
6
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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,750,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL26 8LX. 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

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

107 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 53 events.

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