A39 Cornwall
15 addresses across 5 postcodes (EX23), about 2.4 km long, classed as a a road. USRN 27400327.
7 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Okehampton, about 38.8 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 730 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 7 to 53 m above sea level. 6 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Neetside Surgery, about 2.2 km away. About 1,150 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 67% of households owned their home and 30% 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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 B (24% of about 4,550 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 17.
- 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
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARWENNE, grade I
- BARN ORCHARD BARN ORCHARD COTTAGE AND OUTBUILDING ADJOINING AT EAST END OF BARN ORCHARD COTTAGE, grade II
- CANAL BRIDGE OVER THE BUDE CANAL, grade II
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE, grade II
- COACH HOUSE, STABLES, MILLHOUSE ABOUT 10 METRES SOUTH WEST OF THE RECTORY, grade II
- HELE MILL COTTAGES, grade II
- HOUSE ADJOINING AT WEST OF LITTLE HOUSE, grade II
- LYCH GATE TO CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST MARWENNE, grade II
- Marhamchurch War Memorial, grade II
- MONUMENT TO THE UGLOW FAMILY ABOUT 2 METRES EAST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARWENNE, grade II
- RECTORY, grade II
- ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER STRAT AND CONTINUATION OF EAST PARAPET WALL, grade II
- ROSAMUND COTTAGE, grade II
- ROSE COTTAGE, grade II
- THE LITTLE HOUSE, grade II
- THORN COTTAGES, grade II
- THORN COTTAGES, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 7 addresses are 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: of the 28 homes the Environment Agency counts, 7 are in areas at high risk, 0 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| EX23 0JA | zone 3 | 6 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX23 8LY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX23 0JB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| EX23 0JD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| EX23 0LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 7 m and 53 m above sea level (21 m on average); the ground rises about 45 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX23 0JA | 94% | 19% | 19% | 6% |
| EX23 0JB | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| EX23 0JD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX23 0LU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| EX23 8LY | 92% | 92% | 92% | 7% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Okehampton 348,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 38.8 km |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 3 within 800 m; nearest Helebridge Bridge | 780 m |
| Car parks | Crescent Long Stay Car Park | 2.0 km |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 2.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 52.7 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 105.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Neetside Surgery | 2.2 km |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.2 km |
| NHS dentists | Buda Dental Care Bude | 1.7 km |
| Hospital | Stratton Hospital | 2.4 km |
| Police station | Bude Police | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bude Cashzone | 2.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,020 m² | 730 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 730 m² | 850 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3,510 m² | 920 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 980 m² | 2.7 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of St Marwenne, a listed building (Grade I), 920 m south-east. 20 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of St Marwenne | Listed building, Grade I | 920 m south-east |
| Moated site 415m west of Binhamy Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north |
| Two bowl barrows, one 220m east of Lower Longbeak and the other 320m east of Higher Longbeak | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km south-west |
| Battle of Stratton 1643 | Registered battlefield | 2.8 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Whalesborough Wood | Wood | 580 m south-west |
| Water Cove | Tidal water | 2.1 km west |
| Tom's Cove | Tidal water | 2.1 km west |
| Shalder Hill | Hill | 2.1 km north-west |
| Efford Cliff | Cliff or slope | 2.4 km north-west |
| Maer Lake Nature Reserve | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.6 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 15 |
6 of the street's 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marhamchurch CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 830 m | Requires improvement (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Budehaven Community School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bude Primary Academy - Infants | Primary | 2–7 | 2.0 km | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 31% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 4 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 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
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.