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Fowey

Fowey is a village in Cornwall, England, with a population of around 2,131. It has 2 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, around 18 restaurants and cafés, 31 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Par, 4.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £516,129, and in June 2026, there were around 13 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Fowey area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cornwall area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 570,308 residents at roughly 161 people per km².

Council
Cornwall
County
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 179th of 294 English council areas — better than 39% of them.

Low crime85
Home affordability46
Affordable rents51
Good schools16
Life expectancy48
Low deprivation26
Employment57
Low council tax15

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CSunny

  • Today: 17° / 13° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:48

13h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Saltash Callington Road, United Kingdom

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

58 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 53 rated 4–5 ★ (45 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Par (4.9 km)
  • 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Par (4.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£277,801 average 3.7% YoY

Across Cornwall · to 2026-06

Detached£424,986
Semi-detached£279,195
Terraced£229,445
Flat£146,304

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (9.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (9.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Main Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

570,308 residents in Cornwall · 161/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,591 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,727
B £2,015
C £2,303
D £2,591
E £3,167
F £3,742
G £4,318
H £5,182

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Brannel SchoolGood
  • Budehaven Community SchoolGood
  • Callington Community CollegeGood
  • Camborne Science and International AcademyGood
  • Cape Cornwall SchoolGood
  • Helston Community CollegeGood
  • Humphry Davy SchoolGood
  • Launceston CollegeGood
  • Mounts Bay AcademyGood
  • Mullion SchoolGood
  • Poltair SchoolGood
  • Wadebridge SchoolGood
  • Pool AcademyRequires improvement
  • Bodmin College
  • Falmouth School
  • Fowey River Academy
  • Hayle Academy
  • Liskeard School and Community College
  • Looe Community Academy
  • Newquay Tretherras
  • Penair School
  • Penrice Academy
  • Penryn College
  • Redruth School
  • Richard Lander School
  • Saltash Community School
  • Sir James Smith's School
  • St Ives School
  • The Roseland Academy
  • Torpoint Community College
  • Treviglas Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cornwall

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

1,111 applications decided

92.3% granted · 1,025 granted, 86 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Noah Law

Labour

St Austell and Newquay

Recent votes:

  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

29,715 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised · £28,477 avg

e.g. Room Attendant, Bakery Team Member, Online Japanese Tutoring Job in Fowey – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

66% low-carbon electricity

Solar 61% · Gas 30% · Imports 5% · Wind 3%

122 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in St Austell and Newquay:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Fowey River Academy · 0.2 km

    Fowey River Academy is a co-educational secondary school with academy status, serving a large and diverse catchment area including Fowey, the nearby towns of St Blazey and Lostwithiel and surrounding villages.

  • Fowey · 0.4 km

    Fowey is a port town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town has been in existence since well before the Norman invasion, with the local church first estab…

  • Church of St Fimbarrus, Fowey · 0.5 km

    The Church of St Fimbarrus is an Anglican parish church in Fowey, Cornwall, England. Also known as Fowey Parish Church, it is in the Church of England's Diocese of Truro. The church is a grade I listed building and da…

  • Royal Fowey Yacht Club · 0.5 km

    The Royal Fowey Yacht Club is located in a waterfront setting at Fowey, on the south coast of Cornwall one of the UK's most secure harbours.

  • Fowey Town Hall · 0.6 km

    Fowey Town Hall is a municipal building on the Town Quay in Fowey, Cornwall, England. The structure, which serves as meeting place of Fowey Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Fowey railway station · 0.6 km

    Fowey railway station was a station in Fowey, Cornwall from 1874 until 1965. The rail connection to the docks at Carne Point remains open for china clay traffic.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Fowey?
Fowey is a town in Cornwall, England, in the Cornwall local authority.
What is the population of Fowey?
Fowey has an approximate settlement population of 2,131.
How deprived is Fowey?
The Cornwall local authority, which includes Fowey, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.