PL26 8ZW

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 8GR 80 m
PL26 8ZU 86 m
PL26 8GP 101 m
PL26 8GL 117 m
PL26 8WE 315 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 8ZW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 8
Latitude
50.369442
Longitude
-4.786276
British National Grid easting
201,958
British National Grid northing
55,885

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
E00096385
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 027E · E01019075
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 027 · E02003957

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
38, Billinge Road, Carluddon, St Austell, PL26 8ZW 27 January 2026 £253,341
2, Billinge Road, Carluddon, St Austell, PL26 8ZW 19 September 2025 £400,000
44, Billinge Road, Carluddon, St Austell, PL26 8ZW 15 August 2025 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery

    Free schools

    701 m
  2. Treverbyn Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km
  3. Carclaze Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
303
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 150
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Other theft 19
  • Public order 16

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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
66.7%
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

  • ST AUSTELL HEALTH GROUP

    1 WHEAL NORTHEY, ST. AUSTELL, PL25 3EF

    ODS code Y04957

    3.4 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

  • Roundabout

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.3 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Carluddon

    0.3 miles
  • Pengrowyn

    BCT · Penwithick

    0.3 miles
  • Pengrowyn

    BCT · Penwithick

    0.3 miles
  • Penwithick Road

    BCT · Penwithick

    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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £375,000 from 8 recorded sales in PL26 8ZW. 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. Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery is the nearest published school at 701 m.

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

Recorded crime

303 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 150 events.

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