PL28 8FS

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 8GH 69 m
PL28 8FJ 70 m
PL28 8GG 76 m
PL28 8FL 93 m
PL28 8GF 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL28 8FS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL28
Postcode sector
PL28 8
Latitude
50.535731
Longitude
-4.948244
British National Grid easting
191,176
British National Grid northing
74,815

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
E00095724
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 008D · E01018957
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 008 · E02003938

Postcode source versions

Explore PL28

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
32, Soldon Close, Padstow, PL28 8FS 28 November 2025 £122,500
10, Soldon Close, Padstow, PL28 8FS 19 December 2024 £324,000
11, Soldon Close, Padstow, PL28 8FS 30 October 2024 £355,000

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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    180 m
  2. St Issey Church of England Primary School

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    3.6 km
  3. St Merryn School

    Academy converter

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
141
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 64
  • Other theft 19
  • Public order 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Vehicle crime 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

32 female, 35 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.2
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 1.5% 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+
0%
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
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
97.2%

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

  • P&R

    BCT · Padstow

    0.1 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Padstow

    0.1 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Padstow

    0.1 miles
  • Trecerus Industrial Est

    BCT · Padstow

    0.2 miles
  • Trecerus Industrial Est

    BCT · Padstow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 008D, 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

16,742 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
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 £324,000 from 5 recorded sales in PL28 8FS. 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 180 m.

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

Recorded crime

141 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.

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