PL26 8WF

Roche & Bugle · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 8NQ 478 m
PL26 8NG 998 m
PL26 8NF 1.2 km
PL26 8NH 1.3 km
PL26 8NL 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8WF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2018
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.423866
Longitude
-4.859930
British National Grid easting
196,954
British National Grid northing
62,134

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
E00096279
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 024A · E01019052
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 024 · E02003956

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

    2.6 km
  2. St Wenn School

    Foundation school

    2.8 km
  3. St Dennis Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other theft 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • CLAYS PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L82051

    2.5 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

  • Treranke Cottages

    BCT · Victoria

    0.9 miles
  • Treranke Cottages

    BCT · Victoria

    0.9 miles
  • Travelodge

    BCT · Victoria

    1.2 miles
  • Phone Box

    BCT · Tregonetha

    1.4 miles
  • Phone Box

    BCT · Tregonetha

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 024A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,111 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 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
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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Roche Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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