PL24 2NX Cornwall
Live postcode, introduced August 1993. Ward: St Blazey. Region: South West.
Streets
- Rebecca Close, St Blazey: 19 addresses
- Station Road, St Blazey: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Cornwall in 2026-27: Band D £2,591 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,727 | £2,015 | £2,303 | £2,591 | £3,167 | £3,742 | £4,318 | £5,182 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (56% of about 890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- THE PACK HORSE PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 12 medium, 1 low and 2 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 20 addresses are between 5 m and 8 m above sea level (6 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Par 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km |
| Luxulyan 3,200 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| St Austell 526,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 18 within 800 m; nearest Post Office St Blazey | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station St Austell | 5.8 km |
| Ferry terminal | Fowey Custom House Quay Ferry Landing | 6.4 km |
| Car parks | Plum Carpark | 2.1 km |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 21.6 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 150.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Middleway Surgery | 790 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Allied Pharmacy St Blazey | 790 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Par River Dental Practice | 580 m |
| Hospital | St Austell Community Hospital | 5.6 km |
| Police station | Saint Austell Police Station | 5.7 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food St Blazey, St Blazey Cashzone | 830 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest King Edward's Garden 2,430 m² | 650 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 11 ha | 780 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 120 m |
| Playing field | Philip Varcoe Playing Fields 2.4 ha | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,630 m² | 300 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 11 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Blaize, a listed building (Grade II*), 200 m south. 14 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Blaize | Listed building, Grade II* | 200 m south |
| Small multivallate hillfort 230m south-east of Great Prideaux | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km north-west |
| Wayside cross shaft in St Andrew's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km south-east |
| The Biscovey Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross shaft 1m south of St Mary's Church, Par | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-west |
| Tregrehan | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.3 km south-west |
| Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644 | Registered battlefield | 3.6 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tremain's Wood | Wood | 670 m west |
| Luxulyan Valley | Valley | 1.7 km north |
| The Mount | Hill | 1.9 km south |
| Par Sands | Beach | 2.6 km south-east |
| Appletree Point | Wetland | 4.3 km south-west |
| Trethurgy Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 20 |
4 of the postcode's 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 69% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Rebecca Close.