Canon's Town

12°CSunny

• Today: 13° / 11° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:58

9h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US 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

9 reported · August 2026▼ 55% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Carbis Bay · 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)

58 food businesses within 2 miles

• 56 rated 4–5 ★ (54 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: St Erth (0.9 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: 171.9p · Asda (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: St Erth Multi-Modal Hub (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Playgrounds1

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
• 40 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

Andrew George

Liberal Democrat

St Ives

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)

• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Solar 3% · Wind 2%

376 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in TR27

• Bodriggy Health Centre
• Kccg-Chc St Julias

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Ives:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks508 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers463 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death272 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately230 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND196 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Canon's Town · 0.6 km

  Canon's Town or Canonstown is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, UK, situated on the A30 road in the civil parish of Ludgvan, between Penzance and Hayle. It is southwest of St Erth railway station. It is in the civil…

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  Rose-an-Grouse · 0.8 km

  Rose-an-Grouse is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Erth in west Cornwall, England. It is on the A30 road, east of Canon's Town, and St Erth railway station is on the southern side of the hamlet.

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  Lelant Downs · 0.9 km

  Lelant Downs is a hamlet in the parish of Ludgvan, Cornwall, England.

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  St Erth railway station · 0.9 km

  St Erth railway station is a Grade II listed station situated at Rose-an-Grouse in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It serves the nearby village of St Erth, which is about 0.75 miles (1.21 km) away, and is the junction for t…

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  St Erth · 1.3 km

  St Erth is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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  Lelant Saltings railway station · 1.5 km

  Lelant Saltings railway station opened on 27 May 1978 to provide a park and ride facility for visitors to St Ives, Cornwall, England. It is situated on the A3074 road close to the junction with the A30 near the foot o…

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