Tregrehan Mills
Village · 80 residents
61Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Transport scores 75, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 75 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 12% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Tregrehan Mills
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Tregrehan Mills a good place to live?
Tregrehan Mills scores 61/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for transport (75) and safety (72).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Tregrehan Mills in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Tregrehan Mills
Tregrehan Mills reads as a small cluster of terraces and semis just off the main Cornish road network, the kind of place you pass through on the way to St Austell rather than a destination in its own right — no high street to speak of, just houses, hedgerows, and a steady hum of through-traffic.
The numbers behind that impression are telling. At 280 people, this is a proper hamlet, and a median age of 48 confirms it's settled rather than transient — more retired couples and established households than young families chasing school places. On paper the two Biscovey Academy schools cover primary-age children, though neither carries a published Ofsted rating in this data, so you'd want to visit rather than rely on a grade. There's no rail station in the picture here, and with only four transport stops recorded, this is a place you'll need a car for — commuting out to Newquay's airport or the branch lines further along the coast means driving to reach them.
Housing is where Tregrehan Mills quietly stands out: semi-detached freehold homes dominate the sales sample, and at a median of £213,000 this sits meaningfully below both the national figure and, more strikingly, 25% below the Cornwall-wide median. A "for sale" board here signals an entry point into Cornish property rather than a stretch — modest, unpretentious housing stock with almost no leasehold complications and no new-build inflation pushing prices up. That affordability grade is genuine, not just a national artefact of decile scoring.