Launceston

Launceston is covered by postcode district PL15. It is in the Cornwall council area, England.

Typical price £207,500 Homes sold in Launceston, last 12 months. ▲ 5.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 199 of 338 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 25 of 353 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 88 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Launceston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Launceston, by flood risk Of the 353 postcodes in Launceston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 328 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 14 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Launceston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A30A388 PL15 0AT: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AA: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AB: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AD: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AE: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AH: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AP: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AR: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AS: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AT: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AU: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AW: not on the flood risk listPL15 7AZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BE: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BL: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BN: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BP: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BT: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BU: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BW: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BX: not on the flood risk listPL15 7BZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DA: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DB: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DD: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DE: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DF: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DG: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DH: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DL: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DN: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DP: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DR: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DS: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DT: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DU: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DW: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DX: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DY: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EB: not on the flood risk listPL15 7ED: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EE: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EF: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EG: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EH: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EL: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EP: not on the flood risk listPL15 7EQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FB: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FL: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FR: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FU: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FW: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FX: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FY: not on the flood risk listPL15 7FZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7GA: not on the flood risk listPL15 7GB: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HE: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HF: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HH: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HL: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HN: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HP: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HR: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HS: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HX: not on the flood risk listPL15 7HY: not on the flood risk listPL15 7JR: not on the flood risk listPL15 7NF: not on the flood risk listPL15 7PF: not on the flood risk listPL15 7PH: not on the flood risk listPL15 7PJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 7PY: not on the flood risk listPL15 7QA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AD: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AR: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AT: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AU: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AW: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AX: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AY: not on the flood risk listPL15 8AZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BD: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BH: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BN: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BS: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BT: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BU: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BW: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BX: not on the flood risk listPL15 8BZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DD: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DN: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DR: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DS: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DT: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DU: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DW: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DX: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DY: not on the flood risk listPL15 8DZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8ED: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EF: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8ER: not on the flood risk listPL15 8EZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8FB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8FE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8FF: not on the flood risk listPL15 8FG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8FN: not on the flood risk listPL15 8FP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8GA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8GY: not on the flood risk listPL15 8GZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HD: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HF: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HH: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HR: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HW: not on the flood risk listPL15 8HX: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JF: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JN: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JP: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JR: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JS: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JT: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JU: not on the flood risk listPL15 8JW: not on the flood risk listPL15 8LE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8LF: not on the flood risk listPL15 8LG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8LQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8NG: not on the flood risk listPL15 8NQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8PA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8PB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8QL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8QS: not on the flood risk listPL15 8QZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8RR: not on the flood risk listPL15 8SD: not on the flood risk listPL15 8SE: not on the flood risk listPL15 8US: not on the flood risk listPL15 8WH: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XA: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XB: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XL: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XN: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 8XU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AD: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AF: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AG: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AL: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AN: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AP: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AR: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AS: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AT: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AW: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AX: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AY: not on the flood risk listPL15 9AZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BA: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BD: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BL: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BN: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BP: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BS: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BW: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BX: not on the flood risk listPL15 9BY: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DA: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DF: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DG: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DL: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DN: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DP: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DR: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DS: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DT: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DX: not on the flood risk listPL15 9DY: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EF: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EL: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EN: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EP: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9ER: not on the flood risk listPL15 9ES: not on the flood risk listPL15 9ET: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EW: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EX: not on the flood risk listPL15 9EZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FA: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FD: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FG: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FL: not on the flood risk listPL15 9FU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9GH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9GL: not on the flood risk listPL15 9GY: not on the flood risk listPL15 9GZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HA: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HD: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HF: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HG: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HN: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HP: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HS: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HT: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HU: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HX: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HY: not on the flood risk listPL15 9HZ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JD: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JF: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JG: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JH: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9JR: not on the flood risk listPL15 9LA: not on the flood risk listPL15 9LB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9LE: not on the flood risk listPL15 9LR: not on the flood risk listPL15 9NB: not on the flood risk listPL15 9QW: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TD: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TF: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TG: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TJ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TQ: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TR: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TS: not on the flood risk listPL15 9TT: not on the flood risk listPL15 9UF: not on the flood risk listPL15 7DJ: low flood risk at worstPL15 8DA: low flood risk at worstPL15 8DQ: low flood risk at worstPL15 8EJ: low flood risk at worstPL15 8HU: low flood risk at worstPL15 8SF: low flood risk at worstPL15 8DF: medium flood risk at worstPL15 8EL: medium flood risk at worstPL15 8HY: medium flood risk at worstPL15 8HZ: medium flood risk at worstPL15 8JD: medium flood risk at worstPL15 8JE: medium flood risk at worstPL15 8QB: medium flood risk at worstPL15 7BY: high flood riskPL15 7LN: high flood riskPL15 8DB: high flood riskPL15 8DH: high flood riskPL15 8EN: high flood riskPL15 8EW: high flood riskPL15 8EX: high flood riskPL15 8GX: high flood riskPL15 8HN: high flood riskPL15 8HS: high flood riskPL15 9QN: high flood risk Launceston 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PL15 8EN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk14 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Launceston, by flood risk Of the 353 postcodes in Launceston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 328 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 14 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Launceston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Launceston
  • A home or business at high risk: 11
  • At medium risk at worst: 8
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 328
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 353 postcodes in Launceston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 8 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 328 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 50.6361, longitude -4.3637. 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.

PL15 7BY8 at high riskPL15 8EN5 at high riskPL15 8DH5 at high riskPL15 8HN4 at high riskPL15 8HS3 at high riskPL15 8EW1 at high riskPL15 8EX1 at high riskPL15 7LN1 at high riskPL15 8DB1 at high riskPL15 8GX1 at high riskPL15 9QN1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 14 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PL15 8EN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Launceston?

Homes sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 199 of the 338 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 88 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 25 of its 353 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gunnislake, 16.8 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 Launceston?

Homes in Launceston sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 97 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£207,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£196,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £342,500 28 sales
  • Semi-detached £250,000 13 sales
  • Terraced £181,000 33 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £112,000 23 sales

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

Across the whole PL15 district, Launceston's main postcode district: a typical £240,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Launceston: 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 Launceston?

19 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Launceston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 125 homes sold in Launceston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL15 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

PL15 9UFsince July 2026PL15 0DGsince September 2025PL15 9TTsince May 2024PL15 7AHsince October 2023PL15 0DDsince August 2023PL15 8FPsince May 2022

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 LauncestonAcross the PL15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 97 (0%) 1 of 235 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 125 (0%) 5 of 289 (2%)

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 Launceston?

Ofcom reports on 338 of the 353 postcodes in Launceston. At 199 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit199 of 338
Postcodes where every home can get superfast241 of 338
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 338

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 checker

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

Is Launceston at risk of flooding?

25 of the 353 postcodes in Launceston 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 88 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 25 of 353 postcodes High: 31Medium: 57Low: 84Very low: 6

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 Launceston?

The open schools at the postcodes in Launceston. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Launceston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Launceston is Gunnislake Rail Station, 16.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Gunnislake Rail Station Railway station 16.8 kmDrive
  • Calstock Rail Station Railway station 18.9 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 Launceston?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Launceston. 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 Launceston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 947 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Launceston 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. 69 September 2025
  2. 85 October 2025
  3. 78 November 2025
  4. 58 December 2025
  5. 89 January 2026
  6. 88 February 2026
  7. 89 March 2026
  8. 79 April 2026
  9. 82 May 2026
  10. 66 June 2026
  11. 82 July 2026
  12. 82 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences454 reports
Anti-social behaviour122 reports
Criminal damage and arson96 reports
Other theft75 reports
Public order63 reports
Shoplifting42 reports
Other crime32 reports
Burglary21 reports

Also: vehicle crime 18, drugs 10, possession of weapons 6, robbery 4, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 2.

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 Launceston?

Council
Cornwall
Parliamentary constituency
North Cornwall
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)

All 353 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 Launceston

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Launceston postcodes

353 postcodes in use in Launceston, by district:

PL15 postcode district,353 postcodes

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 Launceston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Launceston's £207,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Lifton5.9 km, £305,000Callington15.2 km, £250,000Pensilva15.3 km, £227,500Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel16.3 km, £249,150Tavistock18.3 km, £263,750Holsworthy19.6 km, £225,000Bere Alston21.2 km, £258,750Liskeard21.3 km, £215,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Launceston

What is it like to live in Launceston?
Homes sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 199 of the 338 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 88 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 25 of its 353 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gunnislake, 16.8 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 Launceston?
Launceston is covered by postcode district PL15, across 353 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Launceston in?
Launceston is in the Cornwall council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Launceston?
Launceston is in the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Launceston?
Homes in Launceston sold for a typical £207,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 97 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Launceston?
In Launceston, primary schools at its postcodes include Windmill Hill Academy, St Josephs School and St Catherine's CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Josephs School and Launceston College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Launceston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Launceston is Gunnislake, 16.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Launceston?
Ofcom reports on 338 of the 353 postcodes in Launceston. At 199 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 Launceston at risk of flooding?
25 of the 353 postcodes in Launceston 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 88 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 Launceston?
19 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Launceston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 125 homes sold in Launceston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL15 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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