PL29 postcode area guide — Cornwall
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL29 postcode district in Cornwall — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL29
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
91.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
24%
Gigabit-capable
24%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the PL29 postcode district (Cornwall) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 59 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL29, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 91.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 24%.
Around 0.2% of premises in PL29 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in PL29
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL29 3AA | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3AB | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3AD | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3AE | 100% | 100% |
| PL29 3RA | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3RB | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3RD | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3RE | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3RF | 100% | 0% |
| PL29 3RG | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Cornwall
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cornwall district (312,345 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
96.1%
5G outdoors — all networks
0.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
83.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in PL29
Police recorded 1 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL29 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other crime | 1 | 100.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in PL29
Based on 16 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL29 is £410,000, down 5.7% on the previous year (£435,000).
Detached
£420,000
7 sales
Terraced
£325,000
4 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL29
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | £655,000 | Detached | Fore Street | PL29 3RF |
| 27 Feb 2026 | £480,000 | Terraced | The Terrace | PL29 3SG |
| 27 Feb 2026 | £300,000 | Terraced | Fore Street | PL29 3RF |
| 27 Feb 2026 | £300,000 | Other | Fore Street | PL29 3RF |
| 4 Dec 2025 | £1,450,000 | Detached | PL29 3TW | |
| 27 Nov 2025 | £570,000 | Semi-detached | Mayfield Road | PL29 3RT |
| 18 Nov 2025 | £540,000 | Semi-detached | PL29 3SQ | |
| 7 Nov 2025 | £865,000 | Detached | PL29 3SQ | |
| 17 Oct 2025 | £187,500 | Detached | Lundy Road | PL29 3RR |
| 17 Oct 2025 | £250,000 | Flat | Church Hill | PL29 3RQ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cornwall demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cornwall district (570,308 residents, 250,533 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.3% |
| 15–29 | 19.6% |
| 30–44 | 17% |
| 45–64 | 21.8% |
| 65+ | 25.3% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 66.2% |
| Private rented | 19.8% |
| Social rented | 7.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around PL29
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Isaac Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 52 | PL29 3RT |
| St Kew Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 81 | PL30 3ER |
| St Minver School | Primary | 2–11 | 175 | PL27 6QD |
| St Teath Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 145 | PL30 3JX |
| Wadebridge Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 373 | PL27 6BL |
| Wadebridge School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,018 | PL27 6BU |
| St Tudy CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 34 | PL30 3NH |
| St Breock Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 203 | PL27 7XL |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in PL29
21 rated food businesses operate in PL29. 19 hold the top rating of 5, 2 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Befs, Cleaves Cafe And Deli, Dennis Knight Fish Merchant, Fresh From The Sea, George Cleave Fish Merchant.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL29
From a sample of 119 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 PL29 postcodes, the most common rating is band E (average band E). 15% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
4%
Band C
10%
Band D
25%
Band E
31%
Band F
18%
Band G
10%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Cornwall
Landlines around PL29 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.