Bugle
Bugle is covered by postcode district PL26. It is in the Cornwall council area, England.
Every postcode in Bugle, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 4
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 51
Of the 56 postcodes in Bugle that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 51 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. No boundary is drawn.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.3967, longitude -4.7934. 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
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Bugle?
Homes sold for a typical £194,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.9% on the 12 months before. At 5 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 56 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Clays Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bugle, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bugle?
Homes in Bugle sold for a typical £194,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 18 sales, down 7.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £290,000 5 sales
- Semi-detached £194,000 8 sales
- Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole PL26 district, Bugle's main postcode district: a typical £270,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bugle: 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
Are new homes being built in Bugle?
2 of the 56 postcodes now in use in Bugle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Bugle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL26 district, 6%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bugle | Across the PL26 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 18 (0%) | 7 of 280 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 32 (0%) | 25 of 400 (6%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bugle?
Ofcom reports on 55 of the 56 postcodes in Bugle. At 5 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 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 Bugle at risk of flooding?
5 of the 56 postcodes in Bugle 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 41 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
Which schools are in Bugle?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bugle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bugle?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bugle is Bugle Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Bugle Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Luxulyan Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Roche Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bugle?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bugle. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Clays Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report August 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01726 890370 3.1 kmCycle
- St Austell Health Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2025 · Phone 01726 75555 6.3 kmDrive
- Middleway Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01726 812019 7.2 kmDrive
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bugle safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 317 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bugle over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 20 September 2025
- 25 October 2025
- 16 November 2025
- 31 December 2025
- 32 January 2026
- 25 February 2026
- 32 March 2026
- 24 April 2026
- 34 May 2026
- 30 June 2026
- 31 July 2026
- 17 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 3, robbery 3, drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, possession of weapons 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bugle?
- Council
- Cornwall
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Austell and Newquay
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Noah Law (Labour)
All 56 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Bugle
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Cornwall about council tax Council tax, on cornwall.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Bugle postcodes
56 postcodes in use in Bugle, by district:
That district is in the PL postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Bugle
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bugle's £194,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bugle
- What is it like to live in Bugle?
- Homes sold for a typical £194,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.9% on the 12 months before. At 5 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 5 of its 56 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Clays Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bugle, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bugle?
- Bugle is covered by postcode district PL26, across 56 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bugle in?
- Bugle is in the Cornwall council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bugle?
- Bugle is in the St Austell and Newquay parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Noah Law (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bugle?
- Homes in Bugle sold for a typical £194,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 18 sales, down 7.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bugle?
- In Bugle, primary schools at its postcodes include Bugle School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Poltair School, 6.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bugle have a railway station?
- Yes: Bugle is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bugle, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bugle?
- Ofcom reports on 55 of the 56 postcodes in Bugle. At 5 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bugle at risk of flooding?
- 5 of the 56 postcodes in Bugle 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 41 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bugle?
- 2 of the 56 postcodes now in use in Bugle came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 32 homes sold in Bugle were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL26 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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