Parish Information

South Petherwin Parish lies 2 miles to the south west of Launceston in the county of Cornwall. Along with the hamlets of Daws House, Trebursye, Tregaller and Trecrogo it covers an area of 2,054 hectacres. The majority of the area is given over to agriculture, although part of the Parish covers Launceston's Pennygillam Industrial Estate.

It is bounded on the north by St Thomas-by-Launceston and St Mary Magdalene, Launceston, on the east by Launceston, Lawhitton and Lezant, on the south by Lezant and Lewannick, and on the west by Trewen and St Thomas-by-Launceston. The town of Launceston provides employment for many of the population of this parish, which lies in an agricultural area one and a half miles to the west of the town and on the north-eastern bank of the River Inny. Slate quarrying was an important industry in the 19th century.
A significant part of the area is considered an 'Area of Great Landscape Value' and the Parish contains some 'Cornwall Nature Conservation Sites' as well as having a 'Regionally Important Geographical/Geomorphological Site'. The Parish also includes 41 listed buildings and 3 scheduled monuments.

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The Parish's population is roughly 1,000 grouped in just over 390 households. 55% of the population is over forty. 12.4% of families in the South Petherwin ward, which includes Lawhitton and St. Thomas parish's, are in receipt of means tested benefit, making it the second least 'income deprived' ward in North Cornwall. 88 % of South Petherwin ward households have access to a car, which is significantly higher than both the North Cornwall (79.9%) and UK (67.4%) averages. There were 24 Business properties paying rates in the Parish during 2001/2002.

The main village in the Parish, South Petherwin, has the key services of a Post Office/ Shop, a Village Hall, a Public House the Winds Of Change, a Primary School and a Daily bus route. South Petherwin also has the important services of a Mobile Library, a Playgroup and a Youth Club.

The Post Office Stores opening times are:

Monday - Friday 08:00 AM to 18:00 pm

Saturday 08:00 am to 12:30 PM

Sunday 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM

The shop is run by Darren and Sarah Hart and offers a friendly service.

They stock an extensive range of products including a large display of Magazines and Newspapers, plus an Off Licence.

Tel: 01566 774428 email darren.sarah@tiscali.co.uk

The Winds of Change Freehouse and Restaurant

South Petherwin, Launceston, PL15 7LP Tel 01566 776988

www.thewindsofchange.co.uk/

Fish and Chip Service

A new service is being offered by The Nippy Chippy a mobile Fish and Chip shop. Its run by Kath Choak who stocks fresh local produce and her own homemade cakes. The Nippy Chippy visits South Petherwin once a week between 6:30pm and 7:30 pm every Tuesday opposite the Village Post Office. contact no. 07595 894970

South Petherwin Community Primary School

School Website www.south-petherwin.moonfruit.com

Email: secretary@south-petherwin.cornwall.sch.uk

Address	South Petherwin Launceston PL15 7LE
Head	Mr Phil Wright
Telephone	01566 776363
School type	Community school
Age range	4-11

Achievement & attainment results

	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002

Total Pupils	96	94	97	97	94
English (%)	71%	100%	87%	85%	82%
Maths (%)	79%	91%	87%	77%	91%
Science (%)	100%	100%	93%	100%	100%
Agg. score	250	291	267	262	273
Value added measure	101.2	102.9	100.1	-	-

Latest South Petherwin School Ofsted report

Launceston College

Website: http://vle.launceston-college.cornwall.sch.uk/joomla/

Address	Dunheved Road Launceston PL15 9JN
Head	Mr. Jackson
Telephone	01566 772468
School Type	Community school
Gender	Mixed
Age range	11-18

Achievement & attainment results

* Results for tests taken in June 2006

	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
Total Pupils	1,375	1,363	1,337	1,379	1,384
GCSE results (%)	64%	53%	53%	55%	48%
Average total point score per student	351.1	329.8	345.5	-	-
KS2-KS4 CVA	1007.2	977.9	979.2	-	-
Authorised absence	6.7	6.2	5.8	6.5	6.9
Unauthorised absence	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4

Police

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary	Moorland Road, Launceston PL15 7HY	08452 777444	1.53 miles	map

Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Moorland Road, Launceston PL15 7HY

08452 777444

1.53 miles

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Crime Statistics

Crime statistics are per 1,000 of the population within the local authority area.

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	North Cornwall District Council	English average
	85,338	--
Households	36,312	--
Violence against the person	9.8	16.2
Robbery offences	0.1	1.1
Theft of a motor vehicle offences	0.8	2.7
Sexual offences	0.6	0.9
Burglary dwelling offences	1.1	4.3
Theft from a vehicle offences	1.8	6.9

Figures are for 2007/2008

Taxis

Taxi Company	Address	Distance	Telephone
Kensey Kabs	Race Hill, , Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9BD	2.20 miles	07776 200992
Jim's	4 Monks Park, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9QW	2.54 miles	01566 775847
AB Taxis	7 Prince Philip Rd, , Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 8BZ	2.64 miles	01566 776877
Launceston	4 Hellescott Rd, North Petherwin, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 8LN	4.76 miles	01566 785364

Train Stations

Station	Postcode	Distance	Operator	Map
Gunnislake	PL18 9DX	9.86 miles	First Great Western	map
Calstock	PL18 9QF	11.36 miles	First Great Western	map
Liskeard	PL14 4DX	11.85 miles	First Great Western	map
St Keyne	PL14 3QE	12.67 miles	First Great Western	map
Menheniot	PL14 3PJ	12.92 miles	First Great Western	map
Plymouth	PL4 6AB	19.52 miles	First Great Western	map
St Germans	PL12 5LU	15.45 miles	First Great Western	map

Saltash	PL12 4EB	16.22 miles	First Great Western	map
Bodmin Parkway	PL30 4BB	16.53 miles	First Great Western	map
St Budeaux Ferry Road	PL5 1JX	16.60 miles	First Great Western	map
St Budeaux Victoria Road	PL5 1JJ	17.02 miles	First Great Western	map
Sandplace	PL13 1LR	17.40 miles	First Great Western	map
Looe	PL13 1HN	17.70 miles	First Great Western	map

Need help with your local timetable?

Call National Rail enquiries on 08457 48 49 50 or use the National Rail website.

doctors & GPs

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1.80 miles

Launceston Medical Centre

Launceston Medical Centre, Landlake Rd, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9HH

Tel. 01566 772131 Fax 01566 772223

Dentists

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2.21 miles

Castle Rise Dental Practice

Madford Lane, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9EB

Tel. 01566 772911 Fax 01566 777553

Bed and Breakfast Accomodation

Lynher Farm,

North Hill Launceston Cornwall
PL15 7NR

TEL- 01566 782273

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Oakside
South Petherwin
Launceston
Cornwall
PL15 7LF

01566 86733

Jos & Mary-Anne Otway-Ruthven Hornacott, South Petherwin, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7LH

01566 782461 more

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Recycling Dates

July	August	April	May	June
		14	12	9
		28	26	23

SITA Helpline 0845 6300300

Population Variances for the Last Two Hundred Years

1801= 699. 1811= 733. 1821= 914. 1831= 988. 1841= 997. 1851= 974. 1861= 876.
1871= 891. 1881= 826. 1891= 815. 1901= 695. 1911= 647. 1921= 642. 1931= 635.
1951= 605. 1961= 578. 1971= 701. 1981= 735. 1991= 875. 1992= 860. 1993= 870.
1994= 915. 1995= 925. 1996= 935. 1997= 920. 1998= 930. 1999=945. 2000=955.

Population

1998 mid year population estimate (Source CCC/Office of National Statistics) 930

Population Density

0.45 people per hectare (Parish area is 2,054 HA)

Growth of South Petherwin parish

1981 735
1991 875
1998 930

A Growth of 26.5% between 1981 and 1998.

Percentage Age Structure

Age Structure	0-4	5-15	16-29	30-44	45-64	65-74	75-84	85+
England & Wales	6.7	13.4	20.7	21.2	21.9	9.0	5.6	1.5
Cornwall	6.0	13.1	17.3	20.2	23.8	10.8	6.9	1.9
North Cornwall District	5.9	13.3	17.0	19.7	24.2	10.9	7.0	2.0
South Petherwin	6.1	11.0	12.5	18.4	27.1	11.2	9.4	4.4

17.9% of people in South Petherwin parish were recorded as having a limiting long term illness in the 1991 Census (Self assessment).

Migration

10.1% of the 1991 population recorded as being resident in South Petherwin parish had a different address the year before the Census (i.e. 1990) Of these some 28.7% moved from outside Cornwall, 4.6% moved from outside North Cornwall and 66.7% moved to South Petherwin parish from within North Cornwall.

Housing Tenure

South Petherwin parish had 323 permanent households in 1991 and of these

Tenure	South Petherwin	North Cornwall District	Cornwall	England & Wales
owner occupied	82.4	72.0	74.4	67.8
privately rented	13.9	12.6	11.6	9.3
Housing Association	0.0	1.5	1.0	3.1
local authority	3.7	13.9	13.0	19.8

Between the years of 1991 - 1999 17 houses were built in the South Petherwin parish. During 1999 there were a further 45 commitments to build. The 62 completions and commitments since 1991 amount to a total increase in housing within the South Petherwin parish of 19%.

12.7% of households had no access to a car in 1991.

Unemployment (Workforce rate Office for National Statistics 1999)

	Jan 1997	Jul 1997	Jan 1998	Jul 1998	Jan 1999	Jul 1999	Jan 2000	Jul 2000
Launceston	5.6	3.9	3.9	3.1	3.5	3.2	3.2	3.0
Cornwall	9.2	6.0	7.3	5.0	6.3	4.8	5.6	3.9
South West	5.7	4.2	4.1	3.4	3.7	3.0	3.1	2.4
Great Britain	6.7	5.6	5.2	4.7	4.8	4.3	4.3	3.7

South Petherwin Parish is in the Launceston TTWA (Travel to Work Area)

Economic Activity

	South Petherwin	North Cornwall District	Cornwall	England & Wales
M Econ Active	72.9	69.3	68.7	73.3
M Econ Inactive	27.1	30.7	31.3	26.6
F Econ Active	39.5	43.1	43.4	49.9
F Econ Inactive	60.5	56.9	56.6	50.1
M Unemployed	4.9	9.6	11.5	11.01
F Unemployed	4.6	6.2	6.8	6.7

Source : 1991 Census Table 8 Economic Position (100% sample)

Industrial Structure

Industry	South Petherwin	North Cornwall District	Cornwall	England & Wales
Agriculture Forestry & Fishing	25.0	10.6	6.0	1.8
Energy & Water	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.8
Mining	0.0	2.1	2.8	2.9
Manufacturing metal etc	5.6	5.9	5.1	9.3
Other manufacturing	13.9	5.6	5.4	8.6
Construction	13.9	9.9	9.3	7.3
Distribution & catering	11.1	23.6	25.3	20.6
Transport	11.1	3.8	5.1	6.4
Banking & Finance	0.0	7.1	7.7	12.3
Other Services	19.4	28.1	30.5	28.0

Source : 1991 Census Table 73 Industry (10% sample)

Qualifications

6.7% of South Petherwin parish residents had a degree 2.7% a diploma or equivalent.

Hours Worked

50.0% of workers in South Petherwin parish worked over a 41 hour week with a further

13.9% working under 30 hours

36.1% worked between 31 and 40 hours.

Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

Property prices

October to December 2004

These figures are a guideline and are provided by the Land Registry. The asterisk (*) denotes number of sales in quarter.

	PL15 7	Eng/Wal average
Detached	£258,500 (12) *	£282,076 (44,708)	View graph
Semi-detached	£155,500 (6)	£167,143 (59,668)	View graph
Terraced	Too few sales	£137,805 (72,799)	View graph
Flat	Too few sales	£171,582 (39,397)	View graph

Council performance

Latest performance indicators (2003-2004)

Council	North Cornwall	Cornwall County Council	English average

% of new homes built on previously developed land	41	-	67
% of Council Tax collected	97.3	-	97
% of resident population served by a kerbside collection of recyclables	100	-	74
Road accidents where a pedestrian was killed or seriously injured per 100,000 population	-	8	19

Council Tax for North Cornwall 2008/2009

	North Cornwall	English Average
Band A	£927.65	£915.97
Band B	£1,082.25	£1,068.63
Band C	£1,236.86	£1,221.29
Band D	£1,391.47	£1,373.95
Band E	£1,700.69	£1,679.27
Band F	£2,009.90	£1,984.59
Band G	£2,319.12	£2,289.92
Band H	£2,782.94	£2,747.90

Parish Information

South Petherwin Community Primary School

Achievement & attainment results

Launceston College

Achievement & attainment results

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