| Postcode | PL28 8LP | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Padstow | 
| Nearest station | Newquay (11 km) | 
| Bus stops | Porthcothan Bay Stores (NE) Top of Porthcothan Hill (S) Top of Porthcothan Hill (N) Tredrea Inn (W) Tredrea Inn (E) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 16 View | 
| Known addresses | Curlews, Porthcothan Bay Fulmars, Porthcothan Bay Strathconon House, Porthcothan Bay Touchstones, Porthcothan Bay Trevella, Porthcothan Bay Trevillion, Porthcothan Bay | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 50.507661 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -5.019986 | |
| Easting | 185963 | |
| Northing | 71898 | |
| Grid reference | SW859718 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 356769 5597026 | |
| what3words | presented.awestruck.dilute | |
| FixPhrase | crewless lucrative scorecard unsubtle | |
| Plus code | 9C2PGX5J+32 | |
| Altitude | 17 metres (57 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:59 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.5 KMs (0.3 miles) | 
| Parish | St. Eval | E04011547 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Padstow | E05013317 | 
| Unitary Authority | Cornwall | E06000052 | 
| County | Cornwall | E11000006 | 
| Constituency (2024) | North Cornwall | E14001385 | 
| MP | Ben Maguire | Liberal Democrat | 
| Police force | Devon & Cornwall | |
| Water company | South West Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00095729 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Cornwall 008A | E01018954 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Cornwall 008A | E01018954 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Padstow & St Issey | E02003938 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Padstow & St Issey | E02003938 | 
| Travel to work area | Wadebridge | E30000282 | 
| Average property price in Plymouth | £258,067 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.1% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathconon House, Porthcothan Bay | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2017 | £727,500 | 
| Fulmars, Porthcothan Bay | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2011 | £1,750,000 | 
| Curlews, Porthcothan Bay | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2009 | £295,000 | 
| Trevillion, Porthcothan Bay | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2003 | £294,000 | 
| Trevella, Porthcothan Bay | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2003 | £320,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2000 | £140,000 | |
| Touchstones, Porthcothan Bay | Detached (freehold) | Oct 1998 | £127,500 |