Quintrell Downs

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 8° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:51

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, 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

10 reported · August 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newquay Suburbs · 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)

90 food businesses within 2 miles

• 83 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Quintrell Downs (0.2 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

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: National Trust Trerice (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

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
• 14 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

Noah Law

Labour

St Austell and Newquay

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)

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens13
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

29,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £39,250 avg

e.g. Hotel - Duty Manager, Housekeeping - Team Member, IT Delivery Manager

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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

374 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

1 GP surgery · 0 pharmacies in TR8

• St Mawgan Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases427 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death319 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND298 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks285 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately192 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• 
  Quintrell Downs · 0.1 km

  Quintrell Downs is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, close to Newquay, at the junction of the A392 and A3058 roads. It is named after the surrounding area of moorland.

• 
  Quintrell Downs railway station · 0.2 km

  Quintrell Downs railway station serves the village of Quintrell Downs in Cornwall, England. It is 300 miles 16 chains measured from the zero point at London Paddington, on the Atlantic Coast Line. The station is manag…

• Chapel, Cornwall · 0.9 km

  Chapel is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Chapel is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Newquay.

• 
  Kestle · 0.9 km

  Kestle and Kestle Mill are hamlets in Cornwall, England. They are situated south of Quintrell Downs; Kestle Mill is on the A3058 main road. It is mostly in the civil parish of St. Newlyn East

• 
  Nansledan · 1.5 km

  Nansledan is a major new suburb of Newquay in Cornwall, England. Nansledan has been developed by the estate of the Duchy of Cornwall since 2013, with residents first occupying their homes in 2015. The development, off…

• 
  Trerice · 1.9 km

  Trerice is an historic manor in the parish of Newlyn East, near Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The surviving Tudor manor house known as Trerice House is located at Kestle Mill, three miles east of Newquay. The hou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)