Polyear Close Polgooth, Cornwall
49 addresses across 2 postcodes (PL26), about 370 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 31400535.
- Sales: 72 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £317,500 across 3 sales.
- Energy: 26 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 14, E: 7).
- Flood: 6 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 D; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 15% to 31% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Austell, about 3.0 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 240 m away.
- 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 66 to 83 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 49 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is St Austell Health Group, about 5.0 km away.
- People: About 660 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 28% 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 burglary.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £317,500 | £310,000 | £350,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £381,500 | £381,500 | £381,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £309,200 | £309,200 | £309,200 |
| 2021 | 4 | £302,500 | £260,000 | £379,500 |
| 2020 | 2 | £267,500 | £225,000 | £310,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £194,000 | £178,000 | £210,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £290,000 | £225,000 | £355,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £182,000 | £158,000 | £206,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | £200,000 | £190,000 | £220,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £217,500 | £177,000 | £229,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2025 | 52 PL26 7BH | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 17 Mar 2025 | 4 PL26 7BH | Detached | £317,500 | |
| 10 Jan 2025 | 32 PL26 7BH | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 30 May 2024 | 28 PL26 7BH | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2023 | 12 PL26 7BH | Detached | £381,500 | |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 29 PL26 7BH | Detached | £309,200 | |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 5 PL26 7BH | Detached | £379,500 | |
| 15 Dec 2021 | 17 PL26 7BH | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2021 | 20 PL26 7BH | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 8 Jan 2021 | 7 PL26 7BH | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2020 | 40 PL26 7BH | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 4 Aug 2020 | 14 PL26 7BH | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2019 | 2 PL26 7BH | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2018 | 12 PL26 7BH | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 17 Jan 2018 | 11 PL26 7BH | Detached | £178,000 | |
| 6 Oct 2017 | 24 PL26 7BH | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2017 | 47 PL26 7BH | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2017 | 47 PL26 7BH | Other | £355,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Nov 2016 | 14 PL26 7BH | Detached | £158,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2016 | 10 PL26 7BH | Detached | £206,000 | |
| 12 Jun 2015 | 33 PL26 7BH | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 9 Apr 2015 | 32 PL26 7BH | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 13 Jan 2015 | 16 PL26 7BH | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 3 Sep 2014 | 20 PL26 7BH | Detached | £177,000 | |
| 4 Apr 2014 | 45 PL26 7BH | Detached | £229,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2014 | 39 PL26 7BH | Detached | £217,500 | |
| 4 Oct 2013 | 34 PL26 7BH | Detached | £182,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2012 | 45 PL26 7BH | Detached | £216,000 | |
| 6 Aug 2012 | 46 PL26 7BH | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2010 | 32 PL26 7BH | Detached | £164,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2008 | 19 PL26 7BH | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2008 | 7 PL26 7BH | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 9 Aug 2007 | 19 PL26 7BH | Detached | £236,950 | |
| 1 May 2007 | 29 PL26 7BH | Detached | £187,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2006 | 22 PL26 7BH | Detached | £203,000 | |
| 27 Mar 2006 | 35 PL26 7BH | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2006 | 31 PL26 7BH | Detached | £188,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2005 | 43 PL26 7BH | Detached | £197,500 | |
| 6 May 2005 | 45 PL26 7BH | Semi-detached | £216,000 | |
| 4 Mar 2005 | 24 PL26 7BH | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2004 | 15 PL26 7BH | Detached | £180,000 | |
| 19 Feb 2004 | 43 PL26 7BH | Detached | £184,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2003 | 24 PL26 7BH | Detached | £173,500 | |
| 2 Dec 2003 | 36 PL26 7BH | Detached | £197,500 | |
| 18 Oct 2002 | 22 PL26 7BH | Detached | £142,500 | |
| 6 Jul 2001 | 37 PL26 7BH | Detached | £98,000 | |
| 11 Jun 2001 | 35 PL26 7BH | Detached | £95,500 | |
| 17 Nov 2000 | 32 PL26 7BH | Detached | £84,950 | |
| 8 Nov 2000 | 10 PL26 7BH | Detached | £79,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2000 | 17 PL26 7BH | Detached | £84,000 |
Energy performance certificates
26 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (15); House, detached (11). Built: 1976-1982 (16); 1983-1990 (7); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (19); rented (private) (4).
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 D (31% of about 830 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land North Of Mount Pleasant Farm Trelowth Road Polgooth Cornwall PL26 7BX: up to 5 homes, permissioned (130 m)
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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL26 7BH | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 3 / 3 | unlikely |
| PL26 7BB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 49 addresses are between 66 m and 83 m above sea level (75 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL26 7BB | 100% | 50% | 31% | 0% |
| PL26 7BH | 100% | 15% | 15% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Austell 526,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.0 km |
| Bugle 6,530 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km | |
| Par 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m, 15 within 800 m; nearest Woodgrove Park Polgooth | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station St Austell | 2.9 km |
| Ferry terminal | Mevagissey Ferry Landing | 6.5 km |
| Car parks | Duck bridge car park | 2.4 km |
| EV charging points | Evolt Network | 2.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 18.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 158.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | St Austell Health Group | 5.0 km |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Truro Road Dental Practice | 2.5 km |
| Hospital | St. Austell Community Hospital | 3.5 km |
| Police station | Saint Austell Police Station | 3.1 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Westhill - St. Austell, Westhill Cashzone | 2.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,850 m² | 240 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,140 m² | 230 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,390 m² | 180 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,660 m² | 2.0 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round, a scheduled monument, 820 m south-west. 6 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker Camp later Prehistoric-Roman round | Scheduled monument | 820 m south-west |
| Part of a mining complex at South Polgooth Mine | Scheduled monument | 900 m south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sticker Down | Hill | 820 m south-west |
| Hill's Quarry | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km north-east |
| Wood Orchard | Wood | 2.1 km south-east |
| Shepherdshill Wood | Wood | 2.2 km south-east |
| Gover Valley | Valley | 2.7 km north |
| Carnjewey Beach | Beach | 3.9 km east |
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) | 10.0 | 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 | 48 | 49 |
1 of the street's 49 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mewan Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km | No published inspection |
| Pondhu Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 2.0 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meezees Snack Shack PL26 7BA | Mobile caterer | 260 m | 5 Very good | 21 May 2019 |
| Averlea Care Home PL26 7BP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 330 m | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2025 |
| Polgooth Post Office & Stores PL26 7BP | Retailers - other | 330 m | 4 Good | 3 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Meadow (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 63% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 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
Nearby streets
Trelowth Road · Springfield Close · Polyear Close · Woodgrove Park · Bosinver Lane · Chapel Hill · Tyshute Lane · Chapel Green · Fore Street · The Meadow · St Margarets Lane · Trelowth Road
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.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.