PL34 postcode area guide — Cornwall
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the PL34 postcode district in Cornwall — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in PL34
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
84.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
21.3%
Gigabit-capable
21.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
1.6%
Broadband availability in the PL34 postcode district (Cornwall) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 80 postcodes Ofcom measures in PL34, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 84.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 21.3%.
Around 1.6% of premises in PL34 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 PL34
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| PL34 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AB | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AG | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AJ | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AL | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AN | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AP | 100% | 0% |
| PL34 0AQ | 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 PL34
Police recorded 3 incidents within about a mile of the centre of PL34 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 2 | 66.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 | 33.3% |
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 PL34
Based on 19 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in PL34 is £350,000, down 5.4% on the previous year (£370,000).
Detached
£320,000
14 sales
Latest recorded sales in PL34
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2026 | £305,350 | Detached | PL34 0BG | |
| 23 Mar 2026 | £350,000 | Detached | Trenale Lane | PL34 0AN |
| 11 Mar 2026 | £520,000 | Detached | Bossiney Road | PL34 0AP |
| 11 Mar 2026 | £295,000 | Detached | Westground Way | PL34 0BH |
| 6 Mar 2026 | £184,000 | Terraced | PL34 0AY | |
| 30 Jan 2026 | £390,000 | Detached | Fosters Lane | PL34 0BT |
| 20 Jan 2026 | £260,000 | Detached | Trenale Lane | PL34 0AW |
| 1 Dec 2025 | £680,000 | Other | PL34 0EN | |
| 1 Dec 2025 | £265,000 | Detached | Fosters Lane | PL34 0BT |
| 25 Nov 2025 | £600,000 | Semi-detached | PL34 0BD |
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 PL34
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tintagel Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 89 | PL34 0DU |
| Delabole Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 70 | PL33 9AL |
| Boscastle Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 60 | PL35 0AU |
| Camelford Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 253 | PL32 9UE |
| Sir James Smith's School | Secondary | 11–16 | 588 | PL32 9UJ |
| St Teath Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 145 | PL30 3JX |
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 PL34
36 rated food businesses operate in PL34. 30 hold the top rating of 5, 3 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Camelot Castle Hotel, Charlies Cafe, Crossbow Restaurant, D And D Stores, Dehen Rew.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in PL34
From a sample of 153 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 PL34 postcodes, the most common rating is band E (average band D). 22% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
6%
Band B
6%
Band C
10%
Band D
27%
Band E
35%
Band F
14%
Band G
2%
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 PL34 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.