Tamar Way Gunnislake, Cornwall
33 addresses across 4 postcodes (PL18), about 390 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5701523.
- Sales: 22 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £485,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 7, E: 3).
- 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 D; Band D in Cornwall costs £2,591 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 97% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gunnislake, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 280 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 9 to 46 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 33 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Surgery, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £485,000 | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £472,500 | £472,500 | £472,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £525,000 | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £355,000 | £340,000 | £370,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £271,000 | £220,000 | £322,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £196,500 | £191,000 | £202,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £214,500 | £199,000 | £230,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £166,500 | £166,500 | £166,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2025 | LITTLE HONEYCOMBE PL18 9DH | Detached | £485,000 | |
| 14 Apr 2023 | HAZEL COTTAGE PL18 9DH | Detached | £472,500 | |
| 11 Oct 2022 | PINES ALETRIS PL18 9DH | Detached | £525,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2021 | SUNNYSIDE PL18 9DH | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2021 | HAZEL COTTAGE PL18 9DH | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2020 | LITTLE HONEYCOMBE PL18 9DH | Detached | £322,000 | |
| 26 May 2020 | BRIAR COTTAGE PL18 9DH | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 14 May 2015 | HAZEL COTTAGE PL18 9DH | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 27 Nov 2013 | WOODLEA PL18 9DH | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 13 Aug 2010 | MIZPAH PL18 9DH | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 6 Feb 2007 | 30 PL18 9DH | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 4 Oct 2006 | 29 PL18 9DH | Detached | £191,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2006 | 29 PL18 9DH | Detached | £202,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2004 | 30 PL18 9DH | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2004 | 30 PL18 9DH | Detached | £199,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2003 | SUNNYSIDE PL18 9DH | Detached | £166,500 | |
| 10 Aug 2001 | WOODLEA PL18 9DH | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2000 | MIZPAH PL18 9DH | Detached | £75,000 | |
| 30 Oct 1998 | SUNNYSIDE PL18 9DH | Detached | £58,950 | |
| 30 May 1997 | ALETRIS COTTAGE PL18 9DH | Detached | £108,000 | |
| 3 Mar 1997 | 2, WOODLANDS PL18 9DH | Detached | £177,000 | |
| 29 Jan 1996 | WOODLEA PL18 9DH | Detached | £110,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 103 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (4); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (10); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (27% of about 740 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
- SUNNYMEDE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 22 September 2026: SOUTH WEST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL18 9DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PL18 9DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL18 9DJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PL18 9JL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 9 m and 46 m above sea level (26 m on average); the ground rises about 36 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL18 9DH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL18 9DJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL18 9DQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PL18 9JL | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gunnislake 50,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Calstock 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Bere Alston 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tamar Park Gunnislake | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Tavistock | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Saltash Ferry Landing | 12.6 km (7.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 56.5 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 115 km (71 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Abbey Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gunnislake Pharmacy | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Harwood Dental Surgery | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Tavistock Hospital | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Callington Police Station | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 280 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,090 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest King Georges Field 1.2 ha | 340 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,690 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal, a scheduled monument, 590 m (0.4 miles) south. 19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal | Scheduled monument | 590 m (0.4 miles) south |
| New Bridge | Listed building, Grade I | 650 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hatch Wood | Wood | 310 m east |
| Luscombedown Plantation | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Whimple Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Morwell Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Greenhill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Double Waters | Lake or reservoir | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 33 |
1 of the street's 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Valley Junior Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 360 m | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | Primary | 2–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Gulworthy Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnislake Stores PL18 9BN | Retailers - other | 290 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 1 Oct 2025 |
| The Cornish Inn PL18 9BW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 310 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 10 Jun 2026 |
| POP IN Cafe And Community Hub PL18 9JW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 5 Very good | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Gunnislake Primary Academy PL18 9NA | School/college/university | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Dec 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Kingswood Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 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 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
- PL18 9DH: 21 addresses
- PL18 9DQ: 7 addresses
- PL18 9DJ: 4 addresses
- PL18 9JL: 1 address of 47 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Crocker's Row · Pine View · Kingswood Road · Belle View · Under Road · Bealswood Close · Bealswood Road · The Square · Commercial Street · Commercial Street · Newbridge Hill · The 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.