Follet Close Lescrow, Cornwall
6 addresses across 1 postcode (PL23), about 80 m long. USRN 31401856.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £350,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (E: 3).
- 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 C; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 82% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Par, about 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 82 to 94 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 Fowey River Practice, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 54% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £323,500 | £323,500 | £323,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2006 | PENVENTINUE COTTAGE PL23 1JT | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 11 Aug 2004 | PENVENTINUE COTTAGE PL23 1JT | Detached | £323,500 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 107 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1991-1995 (2); 1996-2002 (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 C (23% of about 860 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 82 m and 94 m above sea level (89 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL23 1JT | 82% | 82% | 82% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Par 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Lostwithiel 94,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Luxulyan 3,200 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Ferry terminal | Fowey Custom House Quay Ferry Landing | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Car parks | Albert Quay Car Park | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | St Saviours Hill CP GeniePoint | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 26.5 km (16 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 148 km (92 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Fowey River Practice | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Station Road Dental Practice | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Fowey Hospital | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Saint Austell Police Station | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Barclays ATM | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7,160 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,470 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | The Squires Field 1.8 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Readymoney Allotments 7,410 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Tristan Stone, early Christian memorial stone and wayside cross, 75m north of Polscoe | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Cross in grounds of Trenython | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Small multivallate hillfort called Castle Dore | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Battle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644 | Registered battlefield | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Menabilly | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Penventinue Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 250 m south |
| Lanherriot Wood | Wood | 530 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Bodmin Pill | Tidal water | 810 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Hay Point | Wetland | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Southground Cliffs | Cliff or slope | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south |
| The Mount | Hill | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowey Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Fowey River Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 54% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 44% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 36% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 6 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
- PL23 1JT: 6 addresses of 22 in the postcode
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.