Carnedon Upton Cross, Cornwall
46 addresses across 6 postcodes (PL14), about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) long. USRN 9002858.
- Energy: 22 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 3, D: 11, E: 4, F: 3).
- Flood: 2 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 E; 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 Liskeard, about 8.5 km (5.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 169 to 262 m above sea level.
- Noise: 14 of its 46 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Oak Tree Surgery, about 6.7 km (4.2 miles) away.
- People: About 980 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 37% 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
22 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 54 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (9); House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (8); before 1900 (7); 1967-1975 (3). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (10); owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (4).
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 E (21% of about 980 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, MINIONS. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 25 August 2026 to 1 September 2026: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West), Utility asset works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 20 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: Wildanet, Statutory Infrastructure Works, give and take, on the footway, carriageway, verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL14 5AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL14 5AP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL14 5AY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL14 5AU | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL14 5BL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL14 5FD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 46 addresses are between 169 m and 262 m above sea level (185 m on average); the ground rises about 92 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL14 5AP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL14 5AU | 100% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| PL14 5AX | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| PL14 5AY | 100% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| PL14 5BL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL14 5FD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Liskeard 354,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Coombe Junction Halt 220 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Menheniot 6,230 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.7 km (6.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Phoenix Farm Minions | 330 m |
| EV charging points | Evolt Network | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 40.6 km (25 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 124 km (77 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Oak Tree Surgery | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Oak Tree Pharmacy | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Liskeard Dental Centre | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Liskeard Community Hospital | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Police station | Liskeard Police Station | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,180 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,480 m² | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,470 m² | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,950 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Medieval and post-medieval tin and copper mines with medieval field system on the middle and lower northern slopes of Caradon Hill, a scheduled monument, 470 m (0.3 miles) south-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval and post-medieval tin and copper mines with medieval field system on the middle and lower northern slopes of Caradon Hill | Scheduled monument | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Banked cairn 125m NNE of Caradon Hill summit | Scheduled monument | 940 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Embanked platform cairn 47m NW of Caradon Hill summit | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Leymill Wood | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Caradon Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Taylor's Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Witheybrook Marsh | Wetland | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Primrose Vale | Valley | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Siblyback Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.5 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 13 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 46 |
14 of the street's 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Cross Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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
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.