B3254 Cornwall
78 addresses across 9 postcodes (PL15), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 27400418.
- Energy: 43 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 8, D: 8, E: 14, F: 8, G: 3).
- 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 71% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gunnislake, about 16.3 km (10 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 153 to 183 m above sea level.
- Noise: 61 of its 78 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Launceston Medical Centre, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 990 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
43 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: House, detached (14); House, mid-terrace (11); Bungalow, semi-detached (5). Built: before 1900 (24); 1950-1966 (4); 1967-1975 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (17); rented (private) (8); rented (social) (6).
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 street: most are in band D (24% of about 1,140 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 11.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade I
- ANNA SANDERCOCK HEADSTONE ABOUT 7 METRES EAST SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- ELIZABETH HALLET HEADSTONE ABOUT 14 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- ELIZABETH MARTIN HEADSTONE ABOUT 14 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- METHODIST CHAPEL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL, grade II
- NORMAN PIER IMMEDIATELY WEST OF NORTH PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- OLIVER CORTICE HEADSTONE ABOUT 3 METRES EAST OF SOUTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- RICHARD AND ANN SARGENT HEADSTONE ABOUT 6 METRES OF WEST TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- RICHARD OLIVER HEADSTONE ABOUT 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
- STABLES AND GIGHOUSE IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF METHODIST CHAPEL, grade II
- SUSANNA OLIVER HEADSTONE ABOUT 12 METRES SOUTH WEST OF SOUTH PORCH OF CHURCH OF ST PATERNUS, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 2 October 2026: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West), Disconnection or alteration of supply, stop/go boards, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 18 January 2027 to 22 January 2027: CORNWALL COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major (paa) works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL15 7JZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 7JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL15 7JY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 7JU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 7LE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 7LB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL15 7JD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| PL15 7LL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL15 7TH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 79 addresses are between 153 m and 183 m above sea level (169 m on average); the ground rises about 30 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL15 7JA | 82% | 82% | 82% | 18% |
| PL15 7JD | 97% | 97% | 97% | 3% |
| PL15 7JU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL15 7JY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL15 7JZ | 97% | 97% | 97% | 3% |
| PL15 7LB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL15 7LE | 92% | 92% | 92% | 8% |
| PL15 7LL | 71% | 71% | 71% | 29% |
| PL15 7TH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Gunnislake 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 16.3 km (10 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Trecrogo Lane End South Petherwin | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 46.4 km (29 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 115 km (71 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Launceston Medical Centre | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Castle Rise Dental Practice | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Launceston Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Launceston Police Station | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Launceston Cashzone | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 2,310 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,950 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Paternus, a listed building (Grade I), 540 m (0.3 miles) north-east. 15 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paternus | Listed building, Grade I | 540 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Round 750m north east of Trelaske House | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Camp E of Brockle | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| West Petherwin Wood | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Tregillis Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Botathan Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Honiton Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Old Mill Leat | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Gallows Hill | Hill | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 28 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 33 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 78 |
61 of the street's 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Petherwin Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 170 m | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Petherwin Community Primary School PL15 7LE | School/college/university | 190 m | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near B3254 (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 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 | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- PL15 7JZ: 30 addresses of 44 in the postcode
- PL15 7JA: 24 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- PL15 7JY: 8 addresses
- PL15 7JU: 7 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- PL15 7LE: 4 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- PL15 7LB: 2 addresses
- PL15 7JD: 1 address of 39 in the postcode
- PL15 7LL: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- PL15 7TH: 1 address of 57 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.