Lizard

10°CLight drizzle

• Today: 12° / 10° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:51

9h 35m 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▼ 18% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson5
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Other theft1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Lizard · 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)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Little Gwendreath Holiday Cottages (5.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• 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
• 17 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)

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés9

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% · Wind 5%

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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in TR12

• Seahawk Medical Centre
• The Mullion & Constantine Group Practice
• St Keverne Health Centre

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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  Lizard (village) · 0.4 km

  Lizard, also known as The Lizard, The Lizard Town, or The Lizard Village, is a village on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated about ten miles (16 km) south of Helston, and is main…

• Church Cove · 0.8 km

  Church Cove is a hamlet in the civil parish of Landewednack in Cornwall, England. Its nearest town is Helston, which lies approximately 10.1 miles (16.3 km) north-west from the hamlet. The parish is notable for being…

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  St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack · 0.9 km

  St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack, is the Church of England parish church of Landewednack in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the most southerly church in mainland Britain and is about ten miles (16 km) sout…

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  Landewednack · 0.9 km

  Landewednack is a civil parish and an area of The Lizard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Helston.

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  Lizard Lighthouse · 1.0 km

  The Lizard Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, built to guide vessels passing through the English Channel. It was often the welcoming beacon to persons returning to England, where on a clear…

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  Lizard Point, Cornwall · 1.1 km

  Lizard Point in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston.

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