Foundry Road Stithians, Cornwall
31 addresses across 4 postcodes (TR3), about 300 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 18601256.
- Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 6, F: 4, G: 2).
- Flood: 11 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 C; 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 Penryn (Cornwall), about 4.6 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 111 to 125 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Penryn Surgery, about 5.2 km (3.3 miles) away.
- People: About 1,060 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 93 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (5); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (10); 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); 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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (33% of about 1,000 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- GUIDE POST AT SW741371, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 25 September 2026: CORNWALL COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 6 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 33 homes the Environment Agency counts, 10 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 5 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TR3 7BU | zone 3 | 10 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| TR3 7BS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR3 7BT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR3 7DP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 32 addresses are between 111 m and 125 m above sea level (115 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR3 7BS | 100% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| TR3 7BT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR3 7BU | 100% | 77% | 77% | 0% |
| TR3 7DP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Penryn (Cornwall) 285,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Perranwell 42,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Redruth 416,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Postbox Stithians | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Camborne | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Ponsharden Ferry Landing Penryn | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Evolt Network | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 30.3 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 186 km (115 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Penryn Surgery | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Hendras@Penryn Limited | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Sunny Nook | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Falmouth Hospital | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| Police station | Falmouth Police Station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Lanner Moor Garage Cashzone | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,270 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Kennal Vale House, including adjoining garden walls, gate piers and gates, a listed building (Grade II*), 580 m (0.4 miles) east. 36 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Kennal Vale House, including adjoining garden walls, gate piers and gates | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Wayside cross in St Stithians churchyard | Scheduled monument | 930 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Church of St Stythian | Listed building, Grade II* | 950 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Cross in the Vicarage Garden | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Wayside cross 290m west of Trevales Farm | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tubbon Hill | Hill | 610 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Kennall Vale | Valley | 800 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Roches Wood | Wood | 930 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Kennall Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Cot Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Stithians Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 31 |
8 of the street's 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stithians Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kennall Vale School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tremenheere Stores TR3 7DP | Retailers - other | 150 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jul 2016 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Foundry Road (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 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 | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- TR3 7BU: 21 addresses of 35 in the postcode
- TR3 7BS: 7 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- TR3 7BT: 2 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- TR3 7DP: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.