TR20 8BS

St Ives East, Lelant & Carbis Bay · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Penzance
Local authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives
Postcode district
TR20
Postcode sector
TR20 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TR20 8BZ 163 m
TR20 8BT 276 m
TR20 8BX 347 m
TR20 8DA 354 m
TR20 8DB 398 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TR20 8BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TR
Postcode district
TR20
Postcode sector
TR20 8
Latitude
50.156984
Longitude
-5.466999
British National Grid easting
152,460
British National Grid northing
34,305

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013067
Westminster constituency
St Ives · E14001511
Output area
E00095923
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 058C · E01018987
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 058 · E02003945

Postcode source versions

Explore TR20

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Two Chimneys, Whitecross, Penzance, TR20 8BS 18 December 2024 £202,000
Iona, Whitecross, Penzance, TR20 8BS 2 August 2024 £269,000
Sunrise, Whitecross, Penzance, TR20 8BS 9 May 2024 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. Ludgvan School

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    1.6 km
  2. St Erth Community Primary School

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    3.0 km
  3. Marazion School

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    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
50
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Drugs 4
  • Other crime 4
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

10 female, 12 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.8
TR20 8 residents
5,266

Age bands in TR20 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

657 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

406 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

894 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

1,604 residents

Age 65 and over
29.8%

1,512 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TR20 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

  • MARAZION SURGERY

    GWALLON LANE, MARAZION, TR17 0HW

    ODS code L82047

    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

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Whitecross

    0.0 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Whitecross

    0.0 miles
  • Cockwells Lane

    BCT · Crowlas

    0.2 miles
  • Cockwells Lane

    BCT · Crowlas

    0.3 miles
  • The Old School House

    BCT · Whitecross

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 058C, 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

13,359 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
10 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.

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 £207,000 from 4 recorded sales in TR20 8BS. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ludgvan School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

50 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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