PL27 6YL

Wadebridge East & St Minver · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL27
Postcode sector
PL27 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL27 6UN 35 m
PL27 6UJ 62 m
PL27 6UL 85 m
PL27 6BE 139 m
PL27 6AL 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL27 6YL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 September 2000
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL27
Postcode sector
PL27 6
Latitude
50.517919
Longitude
-4.826870
British National Grid easting
199,700
British National Grid northing
72,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013098
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095817
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 009A · E01018970
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 009 · E02003939

Postcode source versions

Explore PL27

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Wadebridge Primary Academy

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    478 m
  2. Wadebridge School

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    478 m
  3. St Breock Primary School

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    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
522
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 266
  • Criminal damage and arson 63
  • Other theft 48
  • Anti social behaviour 42
  • Public order 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PL27 6 residents
5,539

Age bands in PL27 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

851 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

483 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

1,140 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

1,592 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,694 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

  • WADEBRIDGE & CAMEL ESTUARY PRACTICE

    BROOKLYN, WADEBRIDGE, PL27 7BS

    ODS code L82004

    720 m

Nearby transport

  • Londis Stores

    BCT · Egloshayle

    0.2 miles
  • Londis Stores

    BCT · Egloshayle

    0.2 miles
  • Bowling Green

    BCT · Wadebridge

    0.2 miles
  • Bowling Green

    BCT · Wadebridge

    0.2 miles
  • School

    BCT · Wadebridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 009A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,566 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wadebridge Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 478 m.

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

Recorded crime

522 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 266 events.

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