PL26 8RD

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 8GH 55 m
PL26 8PX 80 m
PL26 8PZ 95 m
PL26 8FW 224 m
PL26 8FY 246 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.392357
Longitude
-4.794374
British National Grid easting
201,478
British National Grid northing
58,454

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
E00096392
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027F · E01019076
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Elizabeth Court, 2, Higher Bugle, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8RD 3 September 2025 £94,000
Elizabeth Court, 6, Higher Bugle, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8RD 18 December 2024 £91,000
Elizabeth Court, 4, Higher Bugle, Bugle, St Austell, PL26 8RD 12 December 2023 £85,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Bugle School

    Academy converter

    558 m
  2. Treverbyn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km
  3. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery

    Free schools

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
341
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 182
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Public order 21
  • Other theft 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

1 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.1
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL26 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

    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

  • Carnsmerry

    BCT · Bugle

    0.0 miles
  • Carnsmerry

    BCT · Bugle

    0.0 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Bugle

    0.2 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Bugle

    0.2 miles
  • Rosevear Road

    BCT · Bugle

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 027F, 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

4,891 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 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.

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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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 £90,500 from 6 recorded sales in PL26 8RD. 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Bugle School is the nearest published school at 558 m.

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

Recorded crime

341 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 182 events.

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