Looe

Looe is covered by postcode district PL13. It is in the Cornwall council area, England.

Typical price £276,250 Homes sold in Looe, last 12 months. ▲ 6.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 35 of 250 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 58 of 274 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 645 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Looe, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Looe, by flood risk Of the 274 postcodes in Looe that ONS places, 52 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 216 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 50 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Looe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A387 PL13 1AB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1AF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1AZ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BA: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BD: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BH: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BN: not on the flood risk listPL13 1BQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DD: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DH: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DR: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DY: not on the flood risk listPL13 1DZ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EA: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1ED: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EH: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EL: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EN: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EP: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1ES: not on the flood risk listPL13 1ET: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EU: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EW: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EX: not on the flood risk listPL13 1EY: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FA: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FD: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FH: not on the flood risk listPL13 1FJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HD: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HL: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HP: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HR: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HS: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HT: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HU: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HW: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HX: not on the flood risk listPL13 1HY: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JA: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JD: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JN: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JP: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JR: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JS: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JT: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JU: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JW: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JX: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JY: not on the flood risk listPL13 1JZ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LB: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LD: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LH: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LP: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LR: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LS: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LT: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LU: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LW: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LX: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LY: not on the flood risk listPL13 1LZ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NA: not on the flood risk listPL13 1ND: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NE: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NH: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NL: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NN: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NP: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NR: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NS: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NT: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NU: not on the flood risk listPL13 1NW: not on the flood risk listPL13 1PF: not on the flood risk listPL13 1PG: not on the flood risk listPL13 1PS: not on the flood risk listPL13 1PT: not on the flood risk listPL13 1PU: not on the flood risk listPL13 1QQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 1QU: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AD: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AG: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AL: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AN: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AP: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AR: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AS: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AU: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AW: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AX: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AY: not on the flood risk listPL13 2AZ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BA: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BB: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BD: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BE: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BG: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BL: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BN: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BS: not on the flood risk listPL13 2BW: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DA: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DB: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DD: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DF: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DG: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DL: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DN: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DP: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DR: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DS: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DT: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DW: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DX: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EA: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EB: not on the flood risk listPL13 2ED: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EE: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EF: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EG: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EL: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2EY: not on the flood risk listPL13 2FD: not on the flood risk listPL13 2FE: not on the flood risk listPL13 2FT: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HB: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HD: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HE: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HF: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HG: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HL: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HN: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HP: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HR: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HU: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HW: not on the flood risk listPL13 2HX: not on the flood risk listPL13 2PH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2PJ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2QN: not on the flood risk listPL13 2QP: not on the flood risk listPL13 2QW: not on the flood risk listPL13 2SD: not on the flood risk listPL13 2SE: not on the flood risk listPL13 2SG: not on the flood risk listPL13 2SQ: not on the flood risk listPL13 2TH: not on the flood risk listPL13 2DE: low flood risk at worstPL13 2HA: low flood risk at worstPL13 1BW: medium flood risk at worstPL13 1DU: medium flood risk at worstPL13 2EZ: medium flood risk at worstPL13 1AA: high flood riskPL13 1AD: high flood riskPL13 1AE: high flood riskPL13 1AH: high flood riskPL13 1AJ: high flood riskPL13 1AL: high flood riskPL13 1AP: high flood riskPL13 1AR: high flood riskPL13 1AS: high flood riskPL13 1AT: high flood riskPL13 1AX: high flood riskPL13 1AY: high flood riskPL13 1BJ: high flood riskPL13 1BS: high flood riskPL13 1BT: high flood riskPL13 1BU: high flood riskPL13 1BX: high flood riskPL13 1BY: high flood riskPL13 1BZ: high flood riskPL13 1DA: high flood riskPL13 1DB: high flood riskPL13 1DF: high flood riskPL13 1DN: high flood riskPL13 1DS: high flood riskPL13 1DX: high flood riskPL13 1HA: high flood riskPL13 1HH: high flood riskPL13 1HN: high flood riskPL13 1NB: high flood riskPL13 1NY: high flood riskPL13 1PD: high flood riskPL13 1PE: high flood riskPL13 2AE: high flood riskPL13 2AF: high flood riskPL13 2BU: high flood riskPL13 2BX: high flood riskPL13 2BY: high flood riskPL13 2DU: high flood riskPL13 2EJ: high flood riskPL13 2EN: high flood riskPL13 2EP: high flood riskPL13 2ER: high flood riskPL13 2ES: high flood riskPL13 2ET: high flood riskPL13 2EU: high flood riskPL13 2EW: high flood riskPL13 2EX: high flood riskPL13 2FG: high flood risk Looe 50 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PL13 1DX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk50 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Looe, by flood risk Of the 274 postcodes in Looe that ONS places, 52 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 216 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 50 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Looe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A387 Looe
  • A home or business at high risk: 52
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 216
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 274 postcodes in Looe that ONS places, 52 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 216 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 50.3567, longitude -4.4537. 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

52 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.

PL13 1DX74 at high riskPL13 1AL44 at high riskPL13 1AD41 at high riskPL13 1AT34 at high riskPL13 1AE33 at high riskPL13 1DT30 at high riskPL13 2ES29 at high riskPL13 1AS22 at high riskPL13 1AU22 at high riskPL13 1DB20 at high riskPL13 1PD19 at high riskPL13 2ER19 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 50 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PL13 1DX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Looe?

Homes sold for a typical £276,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.3% on the 12 months before. At 35 of the 250 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 645 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 58 of its 274 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Looe, 350 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 Looe?

Homes in Looe sold for a typical £276,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, up 6.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£276,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£260,000
12 months to August 2026
£276,250

▲ up 6.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£380,000 40 sales
Semi-detached£265,000 19 sales
Terraced£221,750 18 sales
Flat or maisonette£150,000 21 sales

Across the whole PL13 district, Looe's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Looe: 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 Looe?

20 of the 274 postcodes now in use in Looe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 83 homes sold in Looe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL13 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

PL13 9DRsince June 2026PL13 9DSsince June 2026PL13 9DQsince February 2026PL13 9DPsince July 2024PL13 9DLsince April 2023PL13 9DJsince November 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 LooeAcross the PL13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 98 (0%) 0 of 151 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 83 (0%) 0 of 145 (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 Looe?

Ofcom reports on 250 of the 274 postcodes in Looe. At 35 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 gigabit35 of 250
Postcodes where every home can get superfast216 of 250
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 250

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 Looe at risk of flooding?

58 of the 274 postcodes in Looe 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 645 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 58 of 274 postcodes High: 605Medium: 40Low: 32Very low: 1

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 Looe?

The open schools at the postcodes in Looe. 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 Looe?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Looe is Looe Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.

  • Looe Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Sandplace Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Causeland Rail Station Railway station 5.5 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 Looe?

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

Police.uk records 446 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Looe 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. 16 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 51 November 2025
  4. 41 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 22 February 2026
  7. 32 March 2026
  8. 27 April 2026
  9. 56 May 2026
  10. 33 June 2026
  11. 52 July 2026
  12. 49 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences217 reports
Criminal damage and arson60 reports
Anti-social behaviour54 reports
Public order38 reports
Other theft36 reports
Shoplifting16 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Burglary6 reports

Also: other crime 6, drugs 4, possession of weapons 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 Looe?

Council
Cornwall
Parliamentary constituency
South East Cornwall
Police force area
Devon & Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Anna Gelderd (Labour)

All 274 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 Looe

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

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Looe postcodes

274 postcodes in use in Looe, by district:

PL13 postcode district,274 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 Looe

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Looe's £276,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Liskeard11.0 km, £215,000Fowey13.4 km, £506,750Lostwithiel16.3 km, £265,000Pensilva16.5 km, £227,500Millbrook17.0 km, £300,000Tywardreath17.2 km, £294,000Saltash17.3 km, £252,500Torpoint17.7 km, £220,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Looe

What is it like to live in Looe?
Homes sold for a typical £276,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.3% on the 12 months before. At 35 of the 250 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 645 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 58 of its 274 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Looe, 350 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 Looe?
Looe is covered by postcode district PL13, across 274 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Looe in?
Looe is in the Cornwall council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Looe?
Looe is in the South East Cornwall parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Anna Gelderd (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Looe?
Homes in Looe sold for a typical £276,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 98 sales, up 6.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Looe?
In Looe, primary schools at its postcodes include Looe Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Looe Community Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Looe have a railway station?
Yes: Looe is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Looe, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Looe?
Ofcom reports on 250 of the 274 postcodes in Looe. At 35 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 Looe at risk of flooding?
58 of the 274 postcodes in Looe 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 645 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 Looe?
20 of the 274 postcodes now in use in Looe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 83 homes sold in Looe were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PL13 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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