Forthvean Road Cornwall
55 addresses across 10 postcodes (TR16), about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 18600424.
- Energy: 21 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 4, E: 6, F: 2, G: 4).
- 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 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Redruth, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Greenfield Gardens, is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 35 to 93 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Harris Memorial Surgery, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 960 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 33% 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
21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: House, detached (11); Bungalow, detached (6); House, semi-detached (4). Built: before 1900 (13); 1950-1966 (1); 2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (16); rented (private) (2).
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 C (33% of about 1,980 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
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 20 October 2026 to 22 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the footway, verge (major (paa) works)
- 20 October 2026 to 22 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the footway, verge (major works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 3 August 2026 to 5 August 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 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: of the 21 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TR16 5UN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 5UG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 5UJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 5UF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 4HU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 4HT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TR16 4HX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 5UH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR16 5UE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TR16 5UL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 56 addresses are between 35 m and 93 m above sea level (75 m on average); the ground rises about 58 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR16 4HT | 90% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
| TR16 4HU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR16 4HX | 67% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| TR16 5UE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR16 5UF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR16 5UG | 88% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| TR16 5UH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR16 5UJ | 80% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| TR16 5UL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR16 5UN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Redruth 416,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Camborne 373,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Perranwell 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Camborne | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Truro Ferry Terminal | 14.2 km (8.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 26.2 km (16 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 184 km (114 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Harris Memorial Surgery | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Green Lane Dental Practice | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Camborne Redruth Community Hospital | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Police station | Devon and Cornwall Police | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Illogan, Illogan Cashzone | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Greenfield Gardens 2,810 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 790 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.3 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Goon Acres 1.1 ha | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sallys Bottom | Bay | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Porthtowan Beach | Beach | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Porth Towan | Bay | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Bridge Moor | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west |
| North Downs | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Tolgus Mount | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 52 | 55 |
3 of the street's 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuckoo Valley Cider TR16 5UJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | 5 Very good | 29 May 2025 |
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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
- TR16 5UN: 16 addresses
- TR16 5UG: 11 addresses
- TR16 5UJ: 9 addresses
- TR16 5UF: 8 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- TR16 4HU: 3 addresses
- TR16 4HT: 2 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- TR16 4HX: 2 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- TR16 5UH: 2 addresses
- TR16 5UE: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- TR16 5UL: 1 address
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.