Castle Road Cornwall
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (PL34), about 530 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local access road. USRN 27403705.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2012 the median was £325,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 B; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bodmin Parkway, about 25.4 km (16 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 1 to 90 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bottreaux Surgery, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 47% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2012 | FLAT, KING ARTHUR BOOKSHOP PL34 0HE | Detached | £325,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 55 m². Most common: House, detached (1); Flat (1). Built: 2007-2011 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (1); 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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (25% of about 870 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.
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 1 m and 90 m above sea level (63 m on average); the ground rises about 88 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL34 0DD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL34 0HE | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Bodmin Parkway 305,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 25.4 km (16 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Molesworth Street Tintagel | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 30.3 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 128 km (80 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bottreaux Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tintagel Pharmacy | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Bodmin Hospital Utc | 21.7 km (13 miles) |
| Police station | Devon and Cornwall Police - Bodmin Police Hub | 22.6 km (14 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Village Market Store Cashzone | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,320 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.3 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church, a scheduled monument, 380 m south-west. 32 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Part of an early-Christian cemetery 65m north west of Tintagel church | Scheduled monument | 380 m south-west |
| Church of St Materiana | Listed building, Grade I | 400 m (0.2 miles) south-west |
| Romano-British and early medieval settlement, medieval church, castle and associated features on Tintagel Island and adjoining mainland | Scheduled monument | 410 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Dovecote 35m south of the Vicarage, Tintagel | Scheduled monument | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Dovecote, Tintagel Vicarage | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| The Old Post Office | Listed building, Grade I | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| King Arthur's Great Halls | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tintagel Haven | Bay | 400 m (0.2 miles) north |
| Tintagel Head | Headland | 470 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| The Island | Island | 480 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Glebe Cliff | Cliff or slope | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Barras Gug | Bay | 610 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Firebeacon Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tintagel Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camelot Castle Hotel PL34 0DQ | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 250 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Bosayne Guest House PL34 0DE | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 300 m | Exempt | |
| The Cornish Bakery PL34 0HE | Retailers - other | 300 m | 5 Very good | 6 Oct 2025 |
| Tintagel Beach Cafe PL34 0HE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Pengenna Pasties PL34 0DD | Retailers - other | 330 m | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Swirls PL34 0DD | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 330 m | 5 Very good | 10 Aug 2026 |
| King Arthurs Bistro PL34 0DD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 17 Sep 2025 |
| The Olive Garden PL34 0DD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Knights Close (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 47% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 36% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 26% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Nearby streets
Castle View · Knights Close · Atlantic Way · Castle Heights · King Arthurs Terrace · Gavercoombe Park · Atlantic Road
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.