| Postcode | TR4 8AY |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Truro |
| Nearest station | Redruth (5 km) |
| Bus stops |
Forthvean Road (S)
Chapel Meadow (NW)
Chapel Meadow (SE)
Porthtowan Turn (NE)
Porthtowan Turn (SW)
Beach Road (SE)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 14 View |
| Known addresses |
Busby View, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan
Dunoon, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan
Greenacres, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan
Springfield, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan
Trewillan, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan
Wayside, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 50.279679 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -5.242778 | |
| Easting | 169063 | |
| Northing | 47222 | |
| Grid reference | SW690472 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 340208 5572133 | |
| what3words | shrugging.quench.fidget | |
| FixPhrase | cresting luckiness strained upcountry | |
| Plus code | 9C2P7QH4+VV | |
| Altitude | 71 metres (233 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:05 | |
| Sunset (today) | 17:06 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 0.6 KMs (0.4 miles) |
| Parish | St. Agnes | E04013079 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | St Agnes | E05013852 |
| Unitary Authority | Cornwall | E06000052 |
| County | Cornwall | E11000006 |
| Constituency (2024) | Camborne and Redruth | E14001148 |
| MP | Perran Moon | Labour |
| 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) | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Porthtowan | E63014137 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00095036 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Cornwall 040A | E01018825 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Cornwall 040A | E01018825 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | St Agnes & Mount Hawke | E02003907 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | St Agnes & Mount Hawke | E02003907 |
| Travel to work area | Redruth and Truro | E30000257 |
| Average property price in Truro | £305,386 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.9% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busby View, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2019 | £640,000 |
| Greenacres, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2017 | £335,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2004 | £249,500 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 1996 | £78,000 | |
| Springfield, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan | Detached (freehold) | Feb 2014 | £245,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2006 | £285,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2002 | £180,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 1999 | £87,000 | |
| Wayside, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2003 | £155,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 1996 | £51,000 | |
| Trewillan, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2002 | £200,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 1997 | £83,000 | |
| Dunoon, Forthvean Road, Porthtowan | Detached (freehold) | Oct 1997 | £49,000 |