TR4 8ET

Perranporth · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Truro
Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
TR4
Postcode sector
TR4 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TR4 8ER 72 m
TR4 8SY 75 m
TR4 8JL 115 m
TR4 8FW 121 m
TR4 8ES 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TR4 8ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TR
Postcode district
TR4
Postcode sector
TR4 8
Latitude
50.270878
Longitude
-5.179087
British National Grid easting
173,561
British National Grid northing
46,049

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013079
Westminster constituency
Camborne and Redruth · E14001148
Output area
E00095038
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 040B · E01018826
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 040 · E02003907

Postcode source versions

Explore TR4

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Shippen Lodge, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8ET 30 January 2018 £265,000
Moor Cottage, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8ET 14 March 2014 £280,000
The Nook, Blackwater, Truro, TR4 8ET 8 April 2011 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. Blackwater Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    142 m
  2. Three Bridges

    Other independent special school

    275 m
  3. Chacewater Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
83
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 52
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Other theft 8
  • Public order 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

8 female, 11 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.7
TR4 8 residents
6,742

Age bands in TR4 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,024 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

578 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

1,404 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

1,922 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,533 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TR4 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
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

2

within 5 km

  • CHACEWATER HEALTH CENTRE

    CHACEWATER, TRURO, TR4 8QS

    ODS code L82015

    2.3 km

  • ST. AGNES SURGERY

    PENGARTH ROAD, ST. AGNES, TR5 0TN

    ODS code L82054

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Blackwater

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Blackwater

    0.1 miles
  • Red Lion

    BCT · Blackwater

    0.1 miles
  • Red Lion

    BCT · Blackwater

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Blackwater

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 040B, 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

15,460 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blackwater Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 142 m.

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

Recorded crime

83 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 52 events.

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