PL27 postcode district: Wadebridge and around, Cornwall
PL27 is a postcode district in England, with 591 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Wadebridge and Rock. Its council is Cornwall.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in PL27, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 37
- At medium risk at worst: 6
- At low risk at worst: 34
- At very low risk only: 13
- Not on the at-risk list: 501
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 591 postcodes in PL27 that ONS places, 37 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst, 13 are at very low risk only and 501 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.5233, longitude -4.8761. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
37 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PL27 6DB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PL27 6AH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PL27 6SS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in PL27?
Ofcom reports on 576 of the 591 postcodes in PL27. At 301 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 18 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is PL27 at risk of flooding?
90 of the 591 postcodes in PL27 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 177 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in PL27?
Homes in PL27 sold for a typical £327,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 186 sales, down 10.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £500,000 77 sales
- Semi-detached £302,500 33 sales
- Terraced £255,000 56 sales
- Flat or maisonette £160,000 20 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in PL27
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in PL27
Towns and villages with postcodes in PL27, and how many each has here.
Who covers PL27
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
- Cornwall591
Constituencies
- North Cornwall591
Police force areas
- Devon & Cornwall591
Next to PL27
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after PL27 in the PL area.
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