Stanford Close Penzance, Cornwall
12 addresses across 2 postcodes (TR18), about 60 m long. USRN 29902110.
- Sales: 14 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £237,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3, E: 1).
- 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 A; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 91% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Penzance, about 790 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Penlee Memorial Park, is about 170 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 30 to 33 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 12 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Morrab Surgery, about 310 m away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 58% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 108 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | £237,500 | £230,000 | £245,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £249,950 | £249,950 | £249,950 |
| 2017 | 1 | £177,360 | £177,360 | £177,360 |
| 2016 | 1 | £143,000 | £143,000 | £143,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £208,000 | £208,000 | £208,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £89,000 | £89,000 | £89,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £64,000 | £64,000 | £64,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £59,000 | £59,000 | £59,000 |
| 1996 | 2 | £44,000 | £43,000 | £45,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £39,000 | £39,000 | £39,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2019 | 3 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £245,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2019 | 6 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 22 Jun 2018 | 5 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £249,950 | |
| 7 Jul 2017 | 3 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £177,360 | |
| 27 Sep 2016 | 4 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £143,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2015 | 1 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 6 Nov 2009 | 5 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £190,000 | |
| 3 Oct 2005 | 1 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £208,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2001 | 1 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £89,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2000 | 6 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £64,000 | |
| 15 Feb 1999 | 3 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £59,000 | |
| 23 Aug 1996 | 4 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £43,000 | |
| 4 Mar 1996 | 5 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £45,000 | |
| 16 Oct 1995 | 3 TR18 2RN | Semi-detached | £39,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 93 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1950-1966 (4); 1976-1982 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
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 A (42% of about 2,180 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, PENZANCE (council page). 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 10, 11 And 13 Causewayhead Penzance TR18 2SN: up to 6 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Roadrunner Jennings Street Penzance TR18 2LU: up to 35 homes, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- Mor Workspace Treloggan Lane Newquay Cornwall TR7 2FP: up to 10 homes, permissioned (690 m (0.4 miles))
- Wharfside Shopping Centre, Shop Unit 6 Market Jew Street Penzance Cornwall TR18 2GB: up to 6 homes, permissioned (700 m (0.4 miles))
- Manufacturing Unit Polgoon Farm Rosehill Penzance Cornwall TR20 8TE: up to 9 homes, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
- Taylors Garage Site Coinagehall Street Penzance: up to 36 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
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, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TR18 2RN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TR18 2RW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 30 m and 33 m above sea level (32 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR18 2RN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TR18 2RW | 91% | 91% | 91% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Penzance 685,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| St Erth 445,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Lelant Saltings 650 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 42 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bellair Health Centre Penzance | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Penzance | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Penzance Ferry Terminal | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Isles of Scilly Valet Parking | 200 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Land's End Airport LEQ | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 210 km (131 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Morrab Surgery | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Penzance | 260 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Bay Dental Practice | 40 m |
| Hospital | West Cornwall Hospital | 390 m |
| Police station | Devon and Cornwall Police Enquiry Office | 90 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Penzance Cashzone | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Penlee Memorial Park 2.8 ha | 170 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 310 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,680 m² | 270 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,920 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 5.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Baptist Church and Attached Schoolroom at Rear, a listed building (Grade II*), 250 m east. 208 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 12 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist Church and Attached Schoolroom at Rear | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m east |
| Camelot Restaurant | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m east |
| Market cross | Scheduled monument | 290 m south-east |
| Market Building | Listed building, Grade I | 410 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Egyptian House | Listed building, Grade I | 450 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Morrab Gardens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 460 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Round called Lescudjack Castle | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Trengwainton | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lescudjack Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Gwavas Lake | Bay | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Boscathnoe Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Long Rock | Beach | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Price's Folly | Wood | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Marazion Marsh | Wetland | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.5 | 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 | 11 | 12 |
1 of the street's 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Alverton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Pensans Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | Requires improvement (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Humphry Davy School | Secondary | 11–16 | 710 m (0.4 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Newlyn School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Heamoor Community Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Mounts Bay Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Gulval School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Shore Restaurant TR18 2QP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 180 m | 5 Very good | 14 Nov 2025 |
| The Clubhouse Cafe TR18 4HE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 240 m | 5 Very good | 11 May 2026 |
| Lavender's Delicatessen TR18 2QW | Retailers - other | 260 m | 4 Good | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Alverton Kebab And Fried Chicken TR18 2QW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 260 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 25 Mar 2026 |
| Alverne Restaurant TR18 2QN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Penlee Residential Care Home TR18 4EP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Redwing Gallery TR18 2QN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2024 |
| Rosewall Bakery TR18 2PA | Manufacturers/packers | 280 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2025 |
| The Orangery Cafe TR18 4HE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2025 |
| The Coach House Cafe TR18 4HE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Savoy Cinema TR18 2SN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 8 Aug 2025 |
| Waves TR18 2SP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2024 |
| Red Chilli TR18 2SP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 310 m | 4 Good | 8 Oct 2025 |
| Pocketful Of Stones Distillers TR18 2SN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 2 May 2025 |
| New Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant TR18 2SJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 15 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 55 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 |
| Drugs | 8 |
| Public order | 7 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Penalverne Place (17); On or near Clarence Street (15); On or near Trevean Gardens (13); On or near Trevean Road (11); On or near Penalverne Drive (8).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 58% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 50% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 1 to 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
Nearby streets
Stanford Terrace · Alverton Terrace · Trevean Gardens · Penalverne Place · Weethes Cottages · Alverne Buildings · Wellington Place · Alverton Place · Penalverne Avenue · Wellington Place · Alverton Road · Carminowe 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.
- 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.