Tower Close Pelynt, Cornwall
23 addresses across 1 postcode (PL13), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5700682.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 11).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sandplace, about 5.1 km (3.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 124 to 127 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 23 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Old Bridge Surgery, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 54% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 20 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 56 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (13). Built: 1967-1975 (9); 1976-1982 (2); 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (9).
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 A (28% of about 890 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 14 August 2026 to 3 September 2026: National Grid Electricity Distribution (South West), New service connection, give and take, on the footway (major 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 2 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 23 addresses are between 124 m and 127 m above sea level (125 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL13 2NQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandplace 970 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Looe 120,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Causeland 2,110 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Pelynt | 170 m |
| Ferry terminal | Bodinnick Ferry Landing | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cornwall Airport Newquay NQY | 34 km (21 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 142 km (88 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Old Bridge Surgery | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Roberts Pharmacy | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Maple Croft Dental Surgery | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Fowey Hospital | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Police station | Looe Police Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 470 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Nonna, a listed building (Grade I), 160 m east. 23 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Nonna | Listed building, Grade I | 160 m east |
| Round barrow cemetery 250m south of Wilton Farm | Scheduled monument | 720 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Three bowl barrows 160m west of Little Hendra | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Bowl barrow 150m SSE of Cartole | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tregarrick Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Hall Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Trefanny Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Shillamill Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) north-west |
| Talland Sand | Beach | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
| Chapel Cliff | Cliff or slope | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 22 | 23 |
1 of the street's 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelynt Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 120 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelynt Pre-school PL13 2LG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 9 Dec 2019 |
| Pelynt School PL13 2LG | School/college/university | 180 m | 5 Very good | 19 May 2026 |
| Post Office Stores - Pelynt PL13 2JZ | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jun 2025 |
| From Cornwall With Love PL13 2JZ | Retailers - other | 310 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 23 Apr 2024 |
| The Jubilee Inn PL13 2JZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 350 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 15 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Tower Close (4); On or near Summer Lane (4); On or near Barton Meadow (3); On or near Shute Hill (3); On or near Tower Park Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 54% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 6% | 1% |
| Social rented | 36% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 72% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 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 neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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
- PL13 2NQ: 23 addresses of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Richmond Road · Glebe Close · Jasmine Cottages · Tregarrick Way · Tregarrick Lane · Shute Hill · Barton Meadow · Wilton Terrace · Casey Lane
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.