The Orchard Gunnislake, Cornwall
22 addresses across 3 postcodes (PL18), about 90 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 5700071.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2001 the median was £51,875 across 2 sales.
- 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: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 5, D: 3, E: 2).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are 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, North Dimson, is 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 82 times (231 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 30% or more of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- 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 56% to 94% 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 130 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 54 to 67 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Surgery, about 5.2 km (3.2 miles) away.
- People: About 840 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 37 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 | £51,875 | £35,000 | £68,750 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2016 | 1 PL18 9JZ | Terraced | £137,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Dec 2001 | 1 PL18 9JZ | Semi-detached | £68,750 | |
| 3 Aug 2001 | STABLE COTTAGE PL18 9JZ | Terraced | £35,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
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
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 60 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (3); Flat (2); Bungalow, end-terrace (2). Built: 1976-1982 (6); 1967-1975 (3); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (7); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 11,075 kWh of it on average in 2024, 22% more than the district's 9,074 kWh, and 3,009 kWh of electricity, 26% less than the district's 4,051 kWh. There are gas meters for about 82% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL18 9JZ | 12 | 2,188 kWh | 15 | 7,549 kWh |
| PL18 9NA | 40 | 2,680 kWh | 34 | 9,712 kWh |
| PL18 9NN | 8 | 1,941 kWh | under 5 |
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 PL18.
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 B (32% of about 1,680 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
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 9 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 9JZ | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| PL18 9NA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| PL18 9NN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | 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
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 82 times, for 231 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Tamar (S), River Tamar Via Sws, River Tamar.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnislake No.1 Cso South West Water | River Tamar (S) | 0 | 0 | 230 m |
| Gunnislake No.2 Cso South West Water | River Tamar Via Sws | 82 | 231 | 230 m |
| Kingswood Road Pumping Station South West Water | River Tamar | 0 | 0 | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
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 30% or more: 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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). 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 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dimson Gunnislake, Cornwall | Not recorded | Not recorded | 480 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 22 addresses are between 54 m and 67 m above sea level (58 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL18 9JZ | 100% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
| PL18 9NA | 98% | 66% | 66% | 0% |
| PL18 9NN | 100% | 56% | 56% | 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 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bere Alston 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Buccaneer Inn Gunnislake | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Tavistock | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Saltash Ferry Landing | 12.8 km (8 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 56.2 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 115 km (71 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Abbey Surgery Good Sep 2026 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gunnislake Pharmacy | 20 m |
| NHS dentists | Harwood Dental Surgery | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Tavistock Hospital | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Woodlands Good Dec 2023 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Callington Police Station | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 130 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 830 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,610 m² | 160 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,690 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is New Bridge, a listed building (Grade I), 460 m (0.3 miles) north-east. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Bridge | Listed building, Grade I | 460 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Canal, lock, island and salmon keeping pond known collectively as the Tamar Canal | Scheduled monument | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hatch Wood | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Clitters Wood | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Luscombedown Plantation | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Hangingcliff Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Greenhill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Double Waters | Lake or reservoir | 4.9 km (3 miles) south-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 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 22 |
5 of the street's 22 addresses are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Valley Junior Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 110 m | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 43% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025) |
| Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy | Primary | 2–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Gulworthy Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 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 | 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 58% in 2023) |
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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.4 km (0.9 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Pre School PL18 9EZ | Full day care | 39 | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POP IN Cafe And Community Hub PL18 9JW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 60 m | 5 Very good | 24 Nov 2025 |
| Gunnislake Stores PL18 9BN | Retailers - other | 100 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 1 Oct 2025 |
| The Cornish Inn PL18 9BW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 130 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 10 Jun 2026 |
| Gunnislake Primary Academy PL18 9NA | School/college/university | 140 m | 5 Very good | 6 Dec 2022 |
| The Lowen School PL18 9NS | School/college/university | 300 m | 5 Very good | 16 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (11); On or near Woodland Close (8); On or near Fore Street (6); On or near Woodland Way (3); On or near Chapel Street (2).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2024 11:18 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 20 mph | Daylight |
| 12 Oct 2023 08:23 | Slight | 2 people: 2 children | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 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 9JZ: 19 addresses
- PL18 9NA: 2 addresses of 64 in the postcode
- PL18 9NN: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Weeks Row · The Crescent · Commercial Street · Commercial Street · Star Park · Commercial Street · Under Road · The Square · Newbridge Hill · Belle View · Woodland Close · King 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; 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.