PL28 8DJ

Padstow · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Padstow
Ward
Padstow
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall
Postcode district
PL28
Postcode sector
PL28 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL28 8DF 37 m
PL28 8DN 65 m
PL28 8DG 117 m
PL28 8FP 140 m
PL28 8DE 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL28 8DJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL28
Postcode sector
PL28 8
Latitude
50.536701
Longitude
-4.936208
British National Grid easting
192,033
British National Grid northing
74,889

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Electoral ward
Padstow · E05013317
Parish or community
E04011500
Westminster constituency
North Cornwall · E14001385
Output area
E00095725
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 008C · E01018956
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 008 · E02003938

Postcode source versions

Explore PL28

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Egerton Road, Padstow, PL28 8DJ 18 August 2025 £820,000
18, Egerton Road, Padstow, PL28 8DJ 4 November 2020 £925,000
14, Egerton Road, Padstow, PL28 8DJ 12 July 2019 £607,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Padstow School

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    688 m
  2. St Issey Church of England Primary School

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    3.3 km
  3. St Minver School

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    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
142
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 65
  • Other theft 19
  • Public order 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Vehicle crime 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

8 female, 9 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
PL28 8 residents
4,328

Age bands in PL28 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.3%

609 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

373 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

888 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

1,160 residents

Age 65 and over
28.9%

1,229 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL28 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+
100%
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
80%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Padstow Bus Terminus

    BCT · Padstow

    0.1 miles
  • School Hill

    BCT · Padstow

    0.2 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Padstow

    0.2 miles
  • School Hill

    BCT · Padstow

    0.2 miles
  • New Street

    BCT · Padstow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 008C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,589 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £820,000 from 1 recorded sale in PL28 8DJ. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Padstow School is the nearest published school at 688 m.

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

Recorded crime

142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 65 events.

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