A39 Barnstaple, Cornwall
16 addresses across 7 postcodes (PL27,PL30,TR9), about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 31401097.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Columb Road, about 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 132 to 208 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Petroc Group Practice, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away.
- People: About 1,030 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 35% 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
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 158 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: 2018 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
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 (22% of about 2,330 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- NINE MAIDENS, grade I
- GUIDE POST 1400 METRES TO SOUTH OF CANNALIDGEY, grade II
- MILESTONE AT SW 929665, grade II
- MILESTONE AT SW 935680, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TR9 6DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL27 7QZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR9 6GG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL30 5PN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| TR9 6DE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL27 7RB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR9 6DG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 132 m and 208 m above sea level (166 m on average); the ground rises about 76 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL27 7QZ | 88% | 88% | 88% | 13% |
| PL27 7RB | 88% | 88% | 88% | 13% |
| PL30 5PN | 86% | 86% | 86% | 14% |
| TR9 6DE | 96% | 96% | 96% | 4% |
| TR9 6DG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR9 6DQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR9 6GG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Columb Road 3,540 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Roche 5,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) | |
| Quintrell Downs 3,510 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.4 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Roundabout A39 Winnards Perch | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Padstow Ferry Landing | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Tesla Destination Charger | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 152 km (94 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Petroc Group Practice | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Allied Pharmacy Union Square | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Fore Street (Dental Surgery) | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Bodmin Hospital | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) |
| Police station | Devon and Cornwall Police - Bodmin Police Hub | 15.3 km (9.5 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 Two round barrows 150m south west and 180m south east of Prince Parc, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Two round barrows 150m south west and 180m south east of Prince Parc | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Nine Maidens | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Eleven round barrows and a stone alignment centred 980m north west of Nine Maidens Stone Row | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Trewollack Plantation | Wood | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) east |
| Menadews Plantation | Wood | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
| Tresaddern Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south |
| Trevillador Wood | Wood | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north |
| St Breock Beacon | Hill | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) east |
| Tregolds Plantation | Wood | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 16 |
4 of the street's 16 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
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.