PL11 3BL postcode in Cornwall, England

PL11 3BL is a postcode in Cornwall, in the Rame Peninsula & St Germans ward. It is in the South East Cornwall parliamentary constituency and the Devon & Cornwall police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at PL11 3BL can get it Across Cornwall: 66% Typical price in the PL11 3 sector £350,000 Homes sold across the PL11 3 sector, last 12 months, not PL11 3BL alone Nearest station St Germans 3.3 km in a straight line

Where PL11 3BL is, and what is near it

Map of PL11 3BL and what is near it Map of PL11 3BL: its centre point, with the 131 other postcodes in the PL11 3 sector, 4 schools (4 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 4 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. PL11 3BE: also in PL11 3PL11 3BG: also in PL11 3PL11 3BH: also in PL11 3PL11 3BJ: also in PL11 3PL11 3BN: also in PL11 3PL11 3BQ: also in PL11 3PL11 3BW: also in PL11 3PL11 3DD: also in PL11 3PL11 3DF: also in PL11 3PL11 3DG: also in PL11 3PL11 3EB: also in PL11 3PL11 3EG: also in PL11 3 School 3.2 kmSchool 3.6 km2 places, 5.5–6.8 km2 places, 7.0–8.0 kmSaltash Health Centre 7.5 kmLooe East & Deviock PL11 3BL Map of PL11 3BL and what is near it Map of PL11 3BL: its centre point, with the 131 other postcodes in the PL11 3 sector, 4 schools (4 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 4 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. 2 places, 3.2–3.3 kmRame Group Practice 5.5 kmLooe East & Deviock PL11 3BL
  • PL11 3BL
  • Other postcodes in PL11 3: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 4 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Each point is where its source places it, not an exact building, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 50.3654, longitude -4.3004)

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Get Information about Schools; NaPTAN; NHS GP practices. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

Who looks after PL11 3BL?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026; Democracy Club.

At this postcode

What broadband can you get at PL11 3BL?

Every home and business at PL11 3BL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

PL11 3BL 100% Cornwall 66%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

PL11 3BL 100% Cornwall 93%
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Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

When are the bins collected at PL11 3BL?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for PL11 3BL.

Check the bin days for PL11 3BL on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy. It is built from councils' own collection systems and public data, and is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site.

Is PL11 3BL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include PL11 3BL.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

From surface water, across Cornwall

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for PL11 3BL: 6,295 properties in Cornwall are at high risk (1.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Cornwall

Source: Environment Agency surface water, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026.

Flood warnings

The centre of PL11 3BL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency flood risk, warning areas read 17 October 2026.

At this postcode

Homes sold in PL11 3BL

HM Land Registry records 3 standard sales in PL11 3BL since 1997, the first on record at this postcode. No five-year span had enough sales to give a price.

  1. 1995 to 1999, too few sales to price, 2 sales
  2. 2000 to 2004, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  3. 2005 to 2009, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  4. 2010 to 2014, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  5. 2015 to 2019, too few sales to price, one sale
  6. 2020 to 2024, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  7. 2025 to 2026, too few sales to price, 0 sales
Five-year spans from the year shown (the last runs to now), with the number of sales beneath. Middle price of standard sales, all home types, not adjusted for inflation. A dash: fewer than 3 sales, too few to price.

The latest sales

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in PL11 3BL from January 2024 to September 2026. Typical prices for the homes around it are under Prices.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, 1995 on, files dated 28 October 2026.

At this postcode

Who lives at PL11 3BL?

At the 2021 Census, 11 people (5 female, 6 male) lived at PL11 3BL, in 4 households.

Census 2021PL11 3BLPL11 3 sector
People112,635
Households41,198
People per household2.82.2

ONS changes small counts a little to protect privacy. People include anyone in a care home or other communal home here. The PL11 3 sector is its 123 postcodes with Census figures, added up.

Source: Census 2021 postcode estimates, Census 2021.

How much energy do homes at PL11 3BL use?

DESNZ publishes no domestic energy figures for PL11 3BL. It leaves out any postcode with fewer than 5 domestic meters of a kind, or where two meters use most of the energy. Across the PL11 district, the median electricity meter used 2,648 kWh and the median gas meter used 6,355 kWh in 2024.

Domestic meters only. Electricity from late January 2024 to late January 2025; gas from mid-May 2024 to mid-May 2025, weather corrected. Some small businesses on a home-sized gas meter are counted.

Source: DESNZ postcode energy statistics, 2024, published 18 December 2025.

At its centre point

Is PL11 3BL in a conservation area?

The centre of PL11 3BL is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point.

Near here

Which schools are near PL11 3BL?

The nearest open primary and secondary schools to PL11 3BL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near PL11 3BL, and how we find them

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

Near here

Where is the nearest station to PL11 3BL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of PL11 3BL is St Germans Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.

  • St Germans Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
  • Saltash Rail Station Railway station 8.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

4 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest The Finnygook Inn, 27 m away.

More stations near PL11 3BL, and how we find them

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Near here

Which GP surgeries are near PL11 3BL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of PL11 3BL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Where can I charge an electric car near PL11 3BL?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of PL11 3BL on the map as of 23 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: OpenStreetMap charging points, map as of 23 October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Near here

Which dentists are near PL11 3BL?

The nearest to the centre of PL11 3BL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026.

Near here

Which hospitals are nearest to PL11 3BL?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Which care homes are near PL11 3BL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of PL11 3BL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Roseacre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report January 2026 · Phone 01503 230256 2.4 kmCycle

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Which vets are near PL11 3BL?

The nearest vets to the centre of PL11 3BL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons requires practices to arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief.

Source: OpenStreetMap vets, map as of 23 October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Across the PL11 3 sector

What do homes sell for near PL11 3BL?

Homes in PL11 3 sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 33 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £362,500 from 48 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£362,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £485,000 17 sales
  • Semi-detached £292,500 6 sales
  • Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £300,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole PL11 district: a typical £235,000 from 120 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

In its neighbourhood

What council tax band are homes near PL11 3BL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,170 homes in the neighbourhood around PL11 3BL. The largest share of them, 21%, are in council tax band D. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (26%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around PL11 3BL

Band D in Cornwall for 2026‑27: £2,591. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,727 (band A) to £4,318 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,591.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 160 (14%)£1,727
Band Babout 160 (14%)£2,015
Band Cabout 200 (17%)£2,303
Band Dabout 250 (21%)£2,591
Band Eabout 240 (21%)£3,167
Band Fabout 130 (11%)£3,742
Band Gabout 30 (3%)£4,318
Band Hwithheld£5,182

When the homes were built

  1. 26% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 16% 1919 to 1939
  4. 11% 1945 to 1964
  5. 21% 1965 to 1982
  6. 7% 1983 to 1999
  7. 9% 2000 to 2009
  8. 7% 2010 to 2019
  9. 2% 2020 or later

Averages for Cornwall before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Source: Band D council tax, published 25 March 2026.

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of PL11 3BL is in (ONS area E01018757), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency council tax bands, at 31 March 2026.

Within a mile

How much crime is there near PL11 3BL?

Police.uk records no crimes within a mile of the centre of PL11 3BL in the latest month it has published.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.

The official record for PL11 3BL

Ward
Rame Peninsula & St Germans
Parish
Sheviock
Region
South West
Country
England
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

Where to check what we do not hold

Around PL11 3BL

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Every postcode in the same sector, district or postcode area.

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Nearby postcodes

The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

PL11 3EB60 mPL11 3BJ70 mPL11 3BQ120 mPL11 3BN120 mPL11 3BW150 mPL11 3DD170 m
All of PL11

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

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Where the facts on this page come from

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Democracy Club data, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics. This uses Care Quality Commission information.

Licences: Open Government Licence v3.0; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0); Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0; Each council's own terms for its collection system.

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