PL26 8XN

Penwithick & Boscoppa · 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 8TX 326 m
PL25 4FD 404 m
PL25 5FG 423 m
PL26 8XW 455 m
PL25 4EJ 483 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8XN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.362438
Longitude
-4.783869
British National Grid easting
202,100
British National Grid northing
55,100

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
E00096398
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027E · E01019075
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery

    Free schools

    500 m
  2. Carclaze Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  3. Cornwall College

    Further education

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
376
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 193
  • Anti social behaviour 45
  • Criminal damage and arson 40
  • Other theft 23
  • Other crime 18

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

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    2.6 km

Nearby transport

  • St Austell Enterprise Park

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.2 miles
  • St Austell Enterprise Park

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.2 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.4 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.4 miles
  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Carclaze

    0.5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery is the nearest published school at 500 m.

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

Recorded crime

376 published events cover 12 months, averaging 31.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 193 events.

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