Budock Water

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 51% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:52

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

• 5.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

32 reported · August 2026▲ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft6
• Anti-social behaviour3

Neighbourhood team: Penryn, Mylor & Penryn Rural · Devon And Cornwall

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

920 reported road collisions (2025)

188 killed or seriously injured · 1,194 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

271 food businesses within 2 miles

• 257 rated 4–5 ★ (227 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Penmere (1.5 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£274,570 average▼ 2.9% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,000 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £688
• 2 bed £880
• 3 bed £1,077

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.6 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

7,757 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (1.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (1.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Britannia Lanes (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

570,308 residents in Cornwall · 161/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK26,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,229
• Net moves+6,049

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 86 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,591 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 287,200)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

298 schools · 73,277 pupils

234 primary · 31 secondary · 33 other

Ofsted: 95 of 120 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

278 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall

559 CQC-registered services

• Care homes199
• GP practices76
• Dentists108
• Homecare agencies120
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cornwall

• Not in the Green Belt
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

1,159 applications decided

94.7% granted · 1,098 granted, 61 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Jayne Kirkham

Labour (Co-op)

Truro and Falmouth

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 4
• Con 7
• LD 26
• Grn 3
• Ref 20
• Oth 27

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens34
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £32,822 avg

e.g. Senior Quality Engineer - Metrology, CNC Setter / Operator, Senior Quality Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£679 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,630 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 316,885 certificates

12.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Solar 21% · Wind 6%

285 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60 women · 60.2 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in TR11

• Falmouth Health Centre
• Trescobeas Surgery
• Westover Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Truro and Falmouth:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks515 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND250 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases249 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately199 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death190 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Budock Water · 0.1 km

  Budock Water is a village and former manor in the civil parish of Budock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles (3.2 km) west of Falmouth. At the 2021 census the population of Budock par…

• Mongleath · 0.9 km

  Mongleath is a hamlet in the parish of Budock, Cornwall, England.

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  Penmere Manor Hotel, Cornwall · 1.1 km

  Penmere Manor Hotel near Falmouth, Cornwall, is a house of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1825 by a wealthy sea captain and was the home of numer…

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  Falmouth Town A.F.C. · 1.1 km

  Falmouth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. They are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at Bickland Park. The club were the…

• Boslowick · 1.1 km

  Boslowick is a suburb on the western edge of Falmouth within Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

• Falmouth School · 1.4 km

  Falmouth School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Falmouth in the county of Cornwall.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)