Cliff Close Gorran Haven, Cornwall
13 addresses across 3 postcodes (PL26), about 60 m long. USRN 31401747.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 1998 the median was £100,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, F: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 16 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 D; 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 St Austell, about 10.9 km (6.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 13 to 19 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 Mevagissey Surgery, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other crime.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 1998 | 1 PL26 6JN | Semi-detached | £100,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (3); House, detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1900-1929 (2); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
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 (29% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, GORRAN HAVEN. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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 JUST, grade II*
- BOLYWINKY, grade II
- FORT COTTAGE, grade II
- HARBOUR VIEW SEAFORTH, grade II
- HILL VIEW, 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, 16 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 9 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 27 homes the Environment Agency counts, 10 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 1 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL26 6JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL26 6JH | not in 2 or 3 | 11 / 0 / 7 | unlikely |
| PL26 6JN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 13 m and 19 m above sea level (16 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL26 6JH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL26 6JJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PL26 6JN | 92% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Austell 526,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) |
| Par 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Car Park Gorran Haven | 220 m |
| Ferry terminal | Mevagissey Ferry Landing | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 26.6 km (17 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 164 km (102 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Mevagissey Surgery | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | St. Austell Community Hospital | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Police station | Saint Austell Police Station | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,370 m² | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,270 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,620 m² | 90 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Just, a listed building (Grade II*), 40 m. 25 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Just | Listed building, Grade II* | 40 m |
| Cliff Cottage Step Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 60 m south |
| Bowl barrow 875m SSE of Bodrugan Barton | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gorran Haven Beach | Beach | 110 m south-east |
| Little Perhaver Beach | Beach | 140 m north-east |
| Galowras Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Lizard Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| The Battery | Wetland | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 13 | 13 |
None of the street's 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorran School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mermaid Cafe PL26 6JH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 50 m | 5 Very good | 22 Sep 2025 |
| Llawnroc PL26 6NU | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 160 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Gorran Haven Memorial Village Hall PL26 6JP | Other catering premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 2 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other crime | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Perhaver Park (2); On or near Rattle Street (2); On or near Church Street (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 41% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 19% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 28% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- PL26 6JJ: 11 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- PL26 6JH: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
- PL26 6JN: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Church Street · Coastguard Cottages · Rattle Street · Foxhole Lane · Chute Lane · Cliff Road · Perhaver Park · Canton · Quilver Close · Lamledra Hill · Perhaver Way · Rice Lane
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.