Old Foundry Cornwall
15 addresses across 4 postcodes (TR19), about 530 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 29902265.
No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Penzance, about 11.6 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 1.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 3 to 92 m above sea level. None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 45% 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
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 (29% of about 970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, BOTALLACK & TRUTHWALL. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
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 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TR19 7QW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TR19 7NN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR19 7QH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TR19 7QP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 3 m and 92 m above sea level (58 m on average); the ground rises about 89 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR19 7NN | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TR19 7QH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR19 7QP | 57% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TR19 7QW | 67% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Penzance 685,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Trevaylor Caravan Park Truthwall | 680 m |
| Ferry terminal | Penzance Ferry Terminal | 11.9 km |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 7.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Land's End Airport LEQ | 3.8 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 217.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Day Lewis Pharmacy | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | Poltair Hospital | 9.6 km |
| Police station | Devon and Cornwall Police Enquiry Office | 11.0 km |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.3 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,560 m² | 1.3 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 770 m² | 1.4 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.3 km |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,130 m² | 520 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Promontory fort called Kenidjack Castle, a scheduled monument, 710 m west. 14 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Promontory fort called Kenidjack Castle | Scheduled monument | 710 m west |
| Tin mine calciner at Botallack Mine | Scheduled monument | 820 m north |
| Botallack Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m north-east |
| Medieval chapel called St Helen's Chapel with a dwelling and enclosure at Cape Cornwall | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Kenidjack Valley | Valley | 480 m south-east |
| Wheal Edward Zawn | Tidal water | 530 m north-west |
| Zawn Buzz and Gen | Tidal water | 690 m west |
| North Zawn | Tidal water | 690 m north-west |
| Carn Gloose | Hill | 1.3 km south-west |
| South Lidden | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 1.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 15 | 15 |
None of the street's 15 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Cornwall School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.0 km | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Just Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.2 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 37% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 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
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.