Carnon Downs

Carnon Downs is covered by postcode district TR3. It is in the Cornwall council area, England.

Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in Carnon Downs, last 12 months. ▲ 1.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 40 of 55 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Nearest school Devoran School 1.2 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Carnon Downs, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Carnon Downs, by flood risk Of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs that ONS places, 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Carnon Downs. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A39 TR3 6FN: not on the flood risk listTR3 6FP: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GA: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GB: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GE: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GH: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GN: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GQ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GS: not on the flood risk listTR3 6GT: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HH: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HJ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HL: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HN: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HP: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HQ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HR: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HS: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HT: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HU: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HW: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HX: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HY: not on the flood risk listTR3 6HZ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JA: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JB: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JD: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JE: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JF: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JG: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JH: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JL: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JN: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JP: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JQ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JR: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JS: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JU: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JY: not on the flood risk listTR3 6JZ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LE: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LF: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LH: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LL: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LN: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LP: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LR: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LS: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LU: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LW: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LX: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LY: not on the flood risk listTR3 6LZ: not on the flood risk listTR3 6RF: not on the flood risk listTR3 6XB: not on the flood risk list Carnon Downs Map of every postcode in Carnon Downs, by flood risk Of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs that ONS places, 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Carnon Downs. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A39 Carnon Downs
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 55

Of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs that ONS places, 55 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 50.2229, longitude -5.0873. 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

What is it like to live in Carnon Downs?

Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 40 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 55 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Devoran School, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Perranwell, 1.9 km 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 Carnon Downs?

Homes in Carnon Downs sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£420,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £480,000 16 sales
  • Semi-detached £325,000 7 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole TR3 district, Carnon Downs's main postcode district: a typical £400,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Carnon Downs: 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 Carnon Downs?

3 of the 55 postcodes now in use in Carnon Downs came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 25 homes sold in Carnon Downs were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TR3 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

TR3 6GTsince October 2022TR3 6GSsince February 2021TR3 6GQsince April 2020

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

PeriodIn Carnon DownsAcross the TR3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 23 (0%) 0 of 143 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 25 (4%) 1 of 194 (Under 1%)

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 Carnon Downs?

Ofcom reports on 55 of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs. At 40 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit40 of 55
Postcodes where every home can get superfast50 of 55

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Carnon Downs at risk of flooding?

None of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Carnon Downs?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Carnon Downs; these are the nearest to its middle. 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.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Carnon Downs?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Carnon Downs is Perranwell Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Perranwell Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
  • Truro Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
  • Penryn Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive

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 Carnon Downs?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Carnon Downs. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Carnon Downs safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 90 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Carnon Downs 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

  1. 15 September 2025
  2. 8 October 2025
  3. 4 November 2025
  4. 11 December 2025
  5. 4 January 2026
  6. 6 February 2026
  7. 3 March 2026
  8. 7 April 2026
  9. 19 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 3 July 2026
  12. 5 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences55 reports
Public order8 reports
Anti-social behaviour7 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Burglary3 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Drugs3 reports
Other crime3 reports

Also: other theft 2, shoplifting 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 postcode

Source: 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 Carnon Downs?

Council
Cornwall
Parliamentary constituency
Truro and Falmouth
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Jayne Kirkham (Labour (Co-op))

All 55 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

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Carnon Downs postcodes

55 postcodes in use in Carnon Downs, by district:

TR3 postcode district,55 postcodes

That district is in the TR postcode area.

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Places near Carnon Downs

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Carnon Downs's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Perranarworthal2.7 km, £590,500Threemilestone4.8 km, £285,000Truro5.0 km, £287,000Penryn6.2 km, £260,119St Day7.1 km, £252,000Falmouth7.9 km, £330,000Lanner8.1 km, £305,000St Mawes8.7 km, £882,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Carnon Downs

What is it like to live in Carnon Downs?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 40 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 55 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Devoran School, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Perranwell, 1.9 km 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 Carnon Downs?
Carnon Downs is covered by postcode district TR3, across 55 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Carnon Downs in?
Carnon Downs is in the Cornwall council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Carnon Downs?
Carnon Downs is in the Truro and Falmouth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jayne Kirkham (Labour (Co-op)), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Carnon Downs?
Homes in Carnon Downs sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Carnon Downs?
In Carnon Downs, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Devoran School, 1.2 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Richard Lander School, 4.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Carnon Downs have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Carnon Downs is Perranwell, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Carnon Downs?
Ofcom reports on 55 of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs. At 40 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Carnon Downs at risk of flooding?
None of the 55 postcodes in Carnon Downs is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Carnon Downs?
3 of the 55 postcodes now in use in Carnon Downs came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 25 homes sold in Carnon Downs were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TR3 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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