Pencair Avenue Torpoint, Cornwall
11 addresses across 3 postcodes (PL11), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5701377.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £265,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cornwall cost £274,570 in August 2026 (-2.9% on a year); private rents averaged £995 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Borough Quarry, is 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 290 m from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Trevol Business Park, is 310 m away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; 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 Dockyard (Devonport), about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 930 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 11 to 29 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Rame Group Practice, about 640 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 67% of households owned their home and 24% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £265,000 | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £209,000 | £209,000 | £209,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £92,500 | £92,500 | £92,500 |
| 1998 | 1 | £79,000 | £79,000 | £79,000 |
| 1996 | 2 | £68,500 | £59,500 | £77,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jun 2002 | 1 PL11 2NY | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 22 Apr 1998 | 1 PL11 2NY | Detached | £79,000 | |
| 21 Oct 2005 | 3 PL11 2NY | Semi-detached | £245,000 | |
| 30 Aug 1996 | 3 PL11 2NY | Semi-detached | £77,500 | |
| 1 Dec 2000 | 4 PL11 2NY | Semi-detached | £92,500 | |
| 16 Mar 2018 | 5 PL11 2NY | Semi-detached | £265,000 | |
| 27 Mar 1996 | 5 PL11 2NY | Semi-detached | £59,500 | |
| 12 Jan 2010 | 6 PL11 2NY | Semi-detached | £209,000 |
House prices and rents in Cornwall
A typical home in Cornwall cost £274,570 in August 2026, 2.9% less than a year before. That is 7% more than five years earlier and 36% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £419,340 |
| Semi-detached | £275,595 |
| Terraced | £227,474 |
| Flat or maisonette | £144,637 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £226,508 |
Private renters in Cornwall paid £995 a month on average in September 2026, 0.9% more than a year before. That is 27% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £685 |
| Two bedrooms | £877 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,073 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,496 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 134 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1950-1966 (5). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (2); rented (social) (1); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 11,773 kWh of it on average in 2024, 63% more than the district's 7,208 kWh, and 3,946 kWh of electricity, 9% more than the district's 3,610 kWh. There are gas meters for about 95% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL11 2NY | 8 | 3,224 kWh | 7 | 13,166 kWh |
| PL11 2NZ | 12 | 4,700 kWh | 12 | 9,175 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is PL11.
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 (37% of about 1,030 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevol Business Park Cornwall PA19/03228 | Battery storage | 10 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Sep 2019 | 310 m |
| North Yard EfW Plymouth 11/00750/FUL | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 22.5 MW | Operational Apr 2015 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL11 2NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL11 2NZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL11 2PD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
The nearest projected erosion zone is 290 m from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Durlston Head to Rame Head | none (the line is held) | 310 m |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | Hold the line Durlston Head to Rame Head | none (the line is held) | 310 m |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention Durlston Head to Rame Head | up to 11 m | 290 m |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 410 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Quarry Torpoint | Not recorded | Inert, industrial, commercial, household | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 11 m and 29 m above sea level (26 m on average); the ground rises about 18 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL11 2NY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL11 2NZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL11 2PD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dockyard (Devonport) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Keyham 16,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Devonport 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pencair Avenue Torpoint | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Plymouth Coach Station Plymouth City Centre | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Torpoint Ferry Terminal | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Morice Street car park | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Wenea | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 55.9 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 129 km (80 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rame Group Practice Good Apr 2026 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Torpoint | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Raleigh Dental Centre | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | St Barnabas Hospital | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tamara House Good Dec 2021 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Torpoint Police Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Torpoint Cashzone | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 8.3 ha | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Trevorder Road 1,970 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha | 390 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,800 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Antony, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 1.6 km (1 mile) north. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Antony | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Ballast pond at Torpoint 690m west of North Corner Quay | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Quarry Park Plantation | Wood | 390 m north-east |
| Quarry Park Bottom | Valley | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| St John's Lake | Wetland | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Thanckes Lake | Tidal water | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Broom Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Millbrook Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 11 |
1 of the street's 11 addresses is 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbeile Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 66% in 2024 and 74% in 2023) |
| Torpoint Community College | Secondary | 11–18 | 820 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 39.4 (41.0 in 2025 and 42.1 in 2024); 30.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade D+; 0% AAB or better; progress below average |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 460 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack & Jill's Childcare Trevorder PL11 2NS | Full day care | 24 | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cornish Pixies Nursery PL11 2TB | Full day care | 25 | Not inspected yet | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Torpoint Bandhut Pre-School PL11 2JR | Full day care | 20 | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| The Cornerhouse Breakfast And Afterschool club PL11 2JP | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Little Quay Nursery and Learning Hub PL11 2JW | Full day care | 34 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 158 childminders and 20 home childcarers (nannies) in Cornwall. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costcutter PL11 2PX | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 19 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Other crime | 3 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Goad Close (5); On or near Pencair Avenue (4); On or near Cedar Close (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 36% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 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) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 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 8 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
- PL11 2NY: 9 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- PL11 2NZ: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- PL11 2PD: 1 address of 53 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Tregoning Road · Trevol Road · Cedar Drive · Trengrouse Avenue · Cedar Close · Goad Close · Adams Close · Trelawney Rise · Murdock Road · Pendilly Avenue · Trevorder Road · Adams Crescent
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.