PL26 8TD

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 8SP 143 m
PL26 8SL 144 m
PL26 8SN 147 m
PL26 8TB 199 m
PL26 8NY 235 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8TD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.376185
Longitude
-4.796546
British National Grid easting
201,256
British National Grid northing
56,662

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
E00096395
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027E · E01019075
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Singlerose Road, Stenalees, St Austell, PL26 8TD 14 July 2025 £170,000
Brae View, 6c, Singlerose Road, Stenalees, St Austell, PL26 8TD 19 December 2024 £457,500
4, Singlerose Road, Stenalees, St Austell, PL26 8TD 11 May 2023 £235,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Treverbyn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    585 m
  2. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery

    Free schools

    1.7 km
  3. Bugle School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
277
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 137
  • Criminal damage and arson 45
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Other theft 15
  • Public order 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

28 female, 34 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.5% 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+
73.1%
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

2

within 5 km

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    4.4 km

  • CLAYS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L82051

    4.5 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

  • Singlerose Road

    BCT · Stenalees

    0.1 miles
  • Singlerose Road

    BCT · Stenalees

    0.1 miles
  • Roche Road

    BCT · Stenalees

    0.1 miles
  • Roche Road

    BCT · Stenalees

    0.1 miles
  • Stoney Cottage

    BCT · Stenalees

    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.

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
2
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 £312,500 from 4 recorded sales in PL26 8TD. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Treverbyn Academy is the nearest published school at 585 m.

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

Recorded crime

277 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 137 events.

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