A388 Torridge, Cornwall
24 addresses across 5 postcodes (PL15), about 3.2 km (2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 27400394.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 95% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gunnislake, about 11.4 km (7.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 53 to 100 m above sea level.
- Noise: 14 of its 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Launceston Medical Centre, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away.
- People: About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 140 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, mid-terrace (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 1930-1949 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (24% of about 1,680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 14.
- 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
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 50 METRES NORTH WEST OF LANDUE BARTON, grade II
- CART SHELTER AND PIGSTIES APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES NORTH WEST OF LANDUE BARTON, grade II
- CARVODA, grade II
- GATE PIERS AND QUADRANT WALL APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES NORTH OF LANDUE, grade II
- LANDUE, grade II
- LANDUE BARTON COTTAGE LANE END COTTAGE, grade II
- LANDUE BRIDGE, grade II
- LANDUE LODGE, grade II
- LITTLE COMFORD, grade II
- METHODIST CHAPEL, grade II
- MILESTONE AT NGR SX 3472 7937, grade II
- MILESTONE AT NGR SX 3489 7796, grade II
- PAIR OF GATE PIERS IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF LANDUE LODGE, grade II
- War Memorial at Landue Bridge, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 23 November 2026 to 28 November 2026: CORNWALL COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major (paa) works)
- 23 November 2026 to 28 November 2026: CORNWALL COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 4 September 2026 to 15 October 2026: CORNWALL COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
- 10 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: CORNWALL COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 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 48 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 1 low and 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL15 9NW | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 9NN | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL15 9NS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 9NA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL15 9PL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 24 addresses are between 53 m and 100 m above sea level (74 m on average); the ground rises about 47 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL15 9NA | 81% | 62% | 62% | 5% |
| PL15 9NN | 95% | 95% | 95% | 5% |
| PL15 9NS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL15 9NW | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL15 9PL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gunnislake 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.4 km (7.1 miles) |
| Calstock 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) | |
| Bere Alston 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.9 km (9.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Landue Bridge Lezant | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 5.6 km (3.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 49.8 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 114 km (71 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Launceston Medical Centre | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Castle Rise Dental Practice | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Launceston Hospital | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Launceston Police Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Holy Well at Rezare, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Well at Rezare | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Hilltop enclosure 330m south of Hardstone Cottage | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chapelhill Plantation | Wood | 330 m north-east |
| Chapel Hill | Hill | 450 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Eavermoor Plantation | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Rookery Wood | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Greystonemoor Plantation | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Hermitage Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 5 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 24 |
14 of the street's 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Cornwall: see them on the Cornwall page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trekenner Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Requires improvement (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (devon-and-cornwall).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: CORNWALL COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 23 November 2026 to 28 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.