Canon's Town

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 14° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:48Sunset 19:48

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order2
• Shoplifting2

Neighbourhood team: Carbis Bay · Devon And Cornwall

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

941 reported road collisions (2024)

211 killed or seriously injured · 1,236 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

59 food businesses within 2 miles

• 57 rated 4–5 ★ (55 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

£277,801 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,004 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £691
• 2 bed £884
• 3 bed £1,081

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Asda (8.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.9p · Asda (8.8 km)

2 stations 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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 83 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 73,481 pupils

235 primary · 31 secondary · 32 other

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

279inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall

555 CQC-registered services

• Care homes199
• GP practices76
• Dentists107
• Homecare agencies118
• 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)

1,111 applications decided

92.3% granted · 1,025 granted, 86 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

29,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Solar 38% · Wind 10% · Imports 0%

204 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Ives:

• Add a tick box for "Cornish" in the 2031 census for national identity question 684 local signatures · 4,868 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership577 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers463 local signatures · 13,788 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office302 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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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