Hugh Town
Hugh Town is covered by postcode district TR21. It is in the Isles of Scilly council area, England.
Every postcode in Hugh Town, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 17
- At medium risk at worst: 1
- At low risk at worst: 3
- At very low risk only: 6
- Not on the at-risk list: 27
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 54 postcodes in Hugh Town that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 6 are at very low risk only and 27 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 150 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 49.9148, longitude -6.3137. 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
17 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.
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TR21 0LN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Hugh Town?
Homes sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 21.3% on the 12 months before. At 25 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 215 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 27 of its 54 postcodes. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes.
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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Hugh Town?
Homes in Hugh Town sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, down 21.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £410,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £322,500
▼ down 21.3% on the 12 months before
Across the whole TR21 district, Hugh Town's main postcode district: a typical £350,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hugh Town: 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 Hugh Town?
None of the 54 postcodes now in use in Hugh Town came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 17 homes sold in Hugh Town were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TR21 district, 0%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Hugh Town | Across the TR21 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 12 (0%) | 0 of 13 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 17 (0%) | 0 of 22 (0%) |
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 Hugh Town?
Ofcom reports on 49 of the 54 postcodes in Hugh Town. At 25 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 Hugh Town at risk of flooding?
27 of the 54 postcodes in Hugh Town 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 215 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 Hugh Town?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hugh Town. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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
Which GP surgeries are in Hugh Town?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hugh Town. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- St Mary's Health Centre500 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hugh Town safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 79 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hugh Town 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
- 11 September 2025
- 2 October 2025
- 6 November 2025
- 7 December 2025
- 4 January 2026
- 3 February 2026
- 3 March 2026
- 3 April 2026
- 10 May 2026
- 2 June 2026
- 13 July 2026
- 15 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 2, other crime 2, 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 Hugh Town?
- Council
- Isles of Scilly
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Police force area
- Devon & Cornwall
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Andrew George (Liberal Democrat)
All 54 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 Hugh Town
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Isles of Scilly about council tax Council tax, on scilly.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hugh Town
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Hugh Town postcodes
54 postcodes in use in Hugh Town, by district:
That district is in the TR postcode area.
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Questions about Hugh Town
- What is it like to live in Hugh Town?
- Homes sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 21.3% on the 12 months before. At 25 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 215 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 27 of its 54 postcodes. It has 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. 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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Hugh Town?
- Hugh Town is covered by postcode district TR21, across 54 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Hugh Town in?
- Hugh Town is in the Isles of Scilly council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Hugh Town?
- Hugh Town is in the St Ives parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Andrew George (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hugh Town?
- Homes in Hugh Town sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, down 21.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hugh Town?
- In Hugh Town, primary schools at its postcodes include The Five Islands Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Five Islands Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hugh Town?
- Ofcom reports on 49 of the 54 postcodes in Hugh Town. At 25 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 Hugh Town at risk of flooding?
- 27 of the 54 postcodes in Hugh Town 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 215 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 Hugh Town?
- None of the 54 postcodes now in use in Hugh Town came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 17 homes sold in Hugh Town were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TR21 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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