Helston

13°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 14° / 12° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 17:01

9h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US 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

63 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Helston Town · 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)

87 food businesses within 2 miles

• 77 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Truthall Halt (2.2 km)
• 16 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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Helston (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds10

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

• In a conservation area (HELSTON - GODOLPHIN ROAD)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 240 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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens34
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

75 jobs advertised · £40,036 avg

e.g. Senior Care Assistant - Nights, Semi-Senior Accountant, Hotel Kitchen - Team Member

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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 68% · Solar 28% · Wind 3%

270 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 TR13

• Helston Medical Centre
• Cober Valley Health
• Ios & S Kerrier Pcn Hub

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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  Kerrier Hundred · 0.2 km

  The hundred of Kerrier was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Kerrier is thought by Charles Thomas to be derived from an obsolete name of Castle Pencaire on Tregon…

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  Helston railway station · 0.3 km

  Helston railway station was the terminus of the Helston Railway in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which opened on the 9 May 1887 and during its time of operation was the most southerly railway station on the UK mainland. T…

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  Museum of Cornish Life · 0.4 km

  Museum of Cornish Life is a museum situated in the former market town of Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located immediately behind Helston Guildhall.

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  Helston Athletic F.C. · 0.4 km

  Helston Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Helston, Cornwall, England. They are currently members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West and play at Kellaway Park.

• Helston Community College · 0.4 km

  Helston Community College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Helston in the English county of Cornwall.

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  Helston · 0.4 km

  Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula, approximately 12 miles (19.3 km) east of Penzance and 9 miles (14.5 km) south-west of Falmouth. Hels…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)