Bess Park Road Wadebridge, Cornwall
58 addresses across 3 postcodes (PL27), about 160 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 27403021.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cornwall cost £274,570 in August 2026 (-2.9% on a year); private rents averaged £995 a month.
- Flood: 9 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 4 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, North Of Old A39, is 320 m away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 23 times (108 hours) in 2025.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 620 m (0.4 miles) from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Roche, about 11.3 km (7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 29 to 42 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 58 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wadebridge & Camel Estuary Practice, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 670 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 29 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2016 | UNIT 2 PL27 6HB | Other | £60,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Cornwall
A typical home in Cornwall cost £274,570 in August 2026, 2.9% less than a year before. That is 7% more than five years earlier and 36% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £419,340 |
| Semi-detached | £275,595 |
| Terraced | £227,474 |
| Flat or maisonette | £144,637 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £226,508 |
Private renters in Cornwall paid £995 a month on average in September 2026, 0.9% more than a year before. That is 27% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £685 |
| Two bedrooms | £877 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,073 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,496 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,801 kWh of it on average in 2024, 9% more than the district's 8,994 kWh, and 3,292 kWh of electricity, 26% less than the district's 4,463 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL27 7HB | 8 | 4,016 kWh | 8 | 12,517 kWh |
| PL27 6GH | 9 | 2,328 kWh | 9 | 4,190 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is PL27.
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 (27% of about 1,780 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Treworder Farm Cornwall PA11/00777 | Solar farm | 5 MW | Operational Mar 2013 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| St. Breock Re-Power Cornwall PA12/02907 | Wind 5 turbines | 10 MW | Operational Feb 2015 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 5 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL27 6HB | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 4 / 18 | unlikely |
| PL27 7HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL27 6GH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 620 m (0.4 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Rame Head to Hartland Point | none (the line is held) | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Rame Head to Hartland Point | none (the line is held) | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Rame Head to Hartland Point | up to 3 m | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 23 times, for 108 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Camel Estuary(E), Camel Estuary (E).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadebridge Ps South West Water | Camel Estuary(E) | 18 | 107 | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Egloshayle Pumping Station South West Water | Camel Estuary (E) | 5 | 1 | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
4 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 320 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Of Old A39 North Of Old A39, Ball, Wadebridge | 1992 to 1993 | Inert | 320 m |
| Above Town Egloshayle | Not recorded | Household | 330 m |
| Above Town Egloshayle, Wadebridge | Not recorded | Household | 370 m |
| Bodieve Farm A Ball, Wadebridge | Not recorded | Inert | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 58 addresses are between 29 m and 42 m above sea level (36 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL27 6GH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL27 6HB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL27 7HB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Roche 5,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Bugle 6,530 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.5 km (8.4 miles) | |
| Bodmin Parkway 305,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gonvena Hill Wadebridge | 290 m |
| Ferry terminal | Rock Padstow Ferry Landing | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Piggy Lane car park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Evolt Network | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 15.1 km (9.4 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 143 km (89 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wadebridge & Camel Estuary Practice Good Jul 2024 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Park Chambers Dental Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Bodmin Hospital Utc | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Trezela House Good Aug 2023 | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Devon and Cornwall Police - Bodmin Police Hub | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Wadebridge, Old Railway Site Cashzone | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,380 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 680 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Egloshayle Playing Fields 4.4 ha | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow 200m north east of Gonvena House, a scheduled monument, 700 m (0.4 miles) west. 33 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow 200m north east of Gonvena House | Scheduled monument | 700 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Egloshayle Church | Listed building, Grade I | 800 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.16m west of the church porch | Scheduled monument | 810 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Wayside cross in Egloshayle churchyard, 0.46m east of the church porch | Scheduled monument | 810 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Wadebridge Bridge | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lane Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Treworder Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Treraven Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Kestle Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Belingick Hill | Hill | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) south |
| Cant Cove | Tidal water | 5 km (3.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 49 | 58 |
9 of the street's 58 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadebridge Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
| Wadebridge School | Secondary | 11–16 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.5 (44.7 in 2025 and 46.3 in 2024); 47.3% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| St Breock Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 40 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Cornwall T/A Sticky Fingers Daycare Nursery PL27 6HB | Full day care | 66 | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 40 m |
| Wiggles Day Nursery PL27 6BU | Full day care | 30 | Good (May 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 158 childminders and 20 home childcarers (nannies) in Cornwall. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Good Food Catering Company PL27 6HB | Other catering premises | 40 m | 5 Very good | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Sticky Fingers Daycare Nursery PL27 6HB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 40 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Trenant Kitchen PL27 6HB | Mobile caterer | 120 m | 5 Very good | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Ship Inn PL27 6DF | Pub/bar/nightclub | 300 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Thyme Premier Inn PL27 6BN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Higher Trenant Road (16); On or near A389 (13).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 35% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 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 | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 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 | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 7 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
- PL27 6HB: 55 addresses of 99 in the postcode
- PL27 7HB: 2 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- PL27 6GH: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Higher Trenant Road · Bee Garden Vale · Trenant Gardens · Palmers Way · Trevarner Meadow · Trenant Cottages · St Cleer Drive · Hope street · Trenant Vale · Winwell Field · Gonvena Hill · St Enodoc Close
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.