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Find your town in Cornwall

Cornwall has 35 towns of 2,500 or more and 144 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

35graded towns

0grade A− or better

144villages and smaller places

Newquaylargest · 24,543

How Cornwall compares: its report card →

#1 in CornwallSt AgnesB⁺

#2 in CornwallThreemilestoneB

Tregony Road joining Fore Street in Probus

#3 in CornwallProbusB⁻

From Lower Market Street to West Street, Penryn

#4 in CornwallPenrynC⁺

Cornwall at a glance

What Cornwall is like

The typical Cornwall town grades highest on walkability and outdoors against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Cornwall town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Cornwall’s towns grade overall35 graded towns

B3C9D23

0 of 35 (0%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Cornwall list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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35 towns · ordered by Cornwall rank

B⁺

St Agnes

Town · 3,253 people · #727 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsB⁺WalkabilityLowestD⁻Cost of living

Threemilestone

Town · 2,854 people · #814 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityAHazard riskLowestD⁻Cost of living

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Probus

Town · 2,565 people · #1,009 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SafetyBHealthLowestD⁻Cost of living

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Penryn

Town · 11,194 people · #1,265 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityBSchoolsLowestDCost of living

C⁺

Carbis Bay

Town · 3,967 people · #1,320 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻SafetyLowestD⁻Cost of living

C⁺

Lostwithiel

Town · 3,067 people · #1,374 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsB⁺WalkabilityLowestD⁻Cost of living

Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel

Town · 3,506 people · #1,397 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskBSafetyLowestDCost of living

Falmouth

Large town · 24,066 people · #1,410 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityB⁺SchoolsLowestD⁻Cost of living

C⁻

Tywardreath

Town · 2,589 people · #1,629 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSafetyB⁻HealthLowestD⁻Hazard risk

C⁻

Saltash

Town · 15,433 people · #1,662 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityB⁻Hazard riskLowestDCost of living

C⁻

Torpoint

Town · 7,163 people · #1,719 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityB⁻SchoolsLowestC⁻Cost of living

C⁻

Perranporth

Town · 2,752 people · #1,756 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻SchoolsA⁻WalkabilityLowestD⁻Cost of living

Wadebridge

Town · 5,626 people · #1,819 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBHealthLowestD⁻Cost of living

Helston

Town · 11,366 people · #1,821 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityB⁻HealthLowestDCost of living

Truro

Large town · 23,060 people · #1,833 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityB⁻SchoolsLowestD⁻Cost of living

Porthleven

Town · 3,118 people · #1,858 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBWalkabilityBSafetyLowestD⁻Cost of living

St Columb Major

Town · 3,663 people · #1,859 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSchoolsBWalkabilityLowestDJobs & income

Newquay

Large town · 24,543 people · #1,862 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBSchoolsLowestD⁻Cost of living

Callington

Town · 4,665 people · #1,935 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBSchoolsLowestD⁻Cost of living

St Blazey

Town · 6,569 people · #1,943 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSchoolsCWalkabilityLowestD⁻Hazard risk

Newlyn

Town · 3,362 people · #1,961 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityC⁺SafetyLowestD⁻Cost of living

Indian Queens, Fraddon and St Columb Road

Town · 3,888 people · #1,979 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSafetyB⁻WalkabilityLowestD⁻Schools

Camelford

Town · 2,983 people · #2,021 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBWalkabilityB⁻HealthLowestD⁻Jobs & income

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Launceston

Town · 8,431 people · #2,033 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityB⁻SchoolsLowestDJobs & income

D⁻

St Austell

Large town · 24,361 people · #2,035 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBWalkabilityB⁻SchoolsLowestDCost of living

D⁻

Camborne

Large town · 20,445 people · #2,041 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityBSchoolsLowestDSafety

D⁻

Looe

Town · 5,314 people · #2,047 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityC⁺HealthLowestDCost of living

D⁻

Pool and Illogan

Town · 8,588 people · #2,051 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBSchoolsB⁻WalkabilityLowestDCost of living

D⁻

Bodmin

Town · 16,904 people · #2,064 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBWalkabilityBSchoolsLowestDSafety

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Bude

Town · 7,347 people · #2,074 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityC⁺HealthLowestD⁻Cost of living

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St Ives

Town · 5,413 people · #2,076 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityCHealthLowestD⁻Cost of living

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Redruth

Town · 15,455 people · #2,082 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityC⁺SchoolsLowestDCost of living

D⁻

Hayle

Town · 9,040 people · #2,109 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityCHealthLowestD⁻Cost of living

D⁻

Liskeard

Town · 10,901 people · #2,113 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBHazard riskLowestDSafety

D⁻

Penzance

Town · 14,957 people · #2,128 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityC⁻SchoolsLowestD⁻Jobs & income

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Cornwall lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

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Villages and small towns

144 smaller places in Cornwall

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

89 places under 1,000 people

Ashton Barripper and Penponds Blackwater Bolingey Boscastle Breage Budock Water Calstock Canon's Town Carey Park Cargreen Carkeel Carloggas Cawsand and Kingsand Chacewater Clampits Constantine Constantine Bay Coverack Crantock Cubert Darite Downderry Downgate Duporth Feock Flushing Frogpool Godolphin Cross Goonhavern Gorran Haven Grampound Gweek Harrowbarrow Hugh Town Kilkhampton Lanivet Leedstown Lelant Lewannick Luxulyan Mabe Burnthouse Madron Marhamchurch Mawgan Mawgan Porth Menheniot Mousehole Pendeen Penpol Perran Downs Perranwell Station Playing Place Polperro Polruan Polzeath and Trebetherick Ponsanooth Port Isaac Porthtowan Portscatho Poughill Praa Sands Praze-an-Beeble Rose-in-the-bush Rosudgeon Ruan Minor St Breward St Buryan St Dominick St Eval St Germans St Keverne St Mabyn St Mawes St Neot St Teath St Tudy Stenalees Sticker Summercourt The Towans Tintagel Tregony Tresillian Trevone Venterdon Week St Mary Wheal Rose Widemouth Bay

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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