St Issey

St Issey is a small village and civil parish in Cornwall, South West England, sitting approximately two miles (3 km) south of Padstow. Spread across roughly 4,500 acres (18 km2), the parish carries the reassuring scale of a close-knit community: at the 2011 census the population was 940. The village shares its identity with a wider electoral ward that, until being reorganised in 2013, bore the name St Issey; that ward recorded a population of 4,111 at the same census and was later replaced by St Issey and St Tudy. With a PL27 postcode and a location that places it solidly within Cornwall’s gentle hinterland, St Issey is a quietly distinctive spot — compact in size yet part of a broader parish tapestry. The figures speak to its measured pace and strong sense of place, and its proximity to Padstow makes it an easy addition to any exploration of the surrounding coast and countryside.