plymouth PL27 Postcodes

Plymouth (PL27)

The PL27 postcode area is located in the Plymouth postcode town region, within the county of Cornwall, and contains a total of 639 individual postcodes.

There are 101 electoral wards in the PL27 postcode area, including Bodmin, Boscastle, Callington, Calstock, Camelford, Delabole, Fowey, Gunnislake, Ivybridge, Launceston, Lifton, Liskeard, Looe, Lostwithiel, Padstow, Par, Plymouth, Port Isaac, Saltash, St Austell, Tavistock, Tintagel, Torpoint, Wadebridge, Yelverton which come under the local authority of the Cornwall,Isles of Scilly Council.

Combining the whole postcode region, 19% of people in PL27 are classed as having an AB social grade, (i.e. 'white-collar' middle-upper class), compared to 27% across the UK.

This does not mean that the people of PL27 are poorer than other areas, but it may give an indication that there are areas of deprivation.

The PL27 postcode is a six-character string of the form PL27 and is used to help identify a specific geographic location within the Plymouth region in the United Kingdom. PL27 covers an area including the villages of St. Issey and St. Mabyn, as well as other part of Bodmin Moor and Cornwall. This postcode is part of the PL postcode area, also known as the Plymouth postcode area, which includes 17 postcode districts of the form PL1x, PL2x, and PL3x.

The small village of St. Issey, home to a 16th century thatched church, is located in the PL27 postcode area and is popular amongst visitors for its picturesque views of Bodmin Moor and its close proximity to picturesque locations such as the Cliffs of Trebarwith and Tintagel Castle. St. Mabyn is a small village located further south of St. Issey and is known for its striking granite cross, which was erected in 1951 to commemorate the occupants of a crashed Lancaster bomber during World War II.

Other areas of the PL27 postcode include luxury five-star holiday park Retallack Resort and Spa, which offers a wide range of facilities to its visitors including an indoor swimming pool, luxury accommodation, a beach-style relax deck, a world-class spa, a nine-hole golf course, a heated outdoor pool, a café-bar, and a shopping village.

The PL27 postcode is also home to World Heritage Site, Castel-Hide Park. The park encompasses a variety of habitats and landscapes ranging from old-growth oak woodland to wet meadows and wetlands, as well as being a home for rare species of birds such as bittern and marsh harrier.

The PL27 postcode is also home to a number of local businesses. These include timber merchant Tregelles Sawmills, which specialises in high quality hardwoods; the fashion boutique Revive, which sells sustainable womenswear; soft furnishing store The Fabric Pot; and the artisan bakery, The Real Bread Company.

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