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HU8 8QX

Drypool · Kingston upon Hull, City of · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Drypool
Local authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull East
Postcode district
HU8
Postcode sector
HU8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
HU8 8PA 122 m
HU8 8PB 124 m
HU8 8QP 161 m
HU9 3DL 163 m
HU8 8JN 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
HU8 8QX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
HU
Postcode district
HU8
Postcode sector
HU8 8
Latitude
53.758970
Longitude
-0.308000
British National Grid easting
511,646
British National Grid northing
430,505

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Kingston upon Hull, City of · E06000010
Electoral ward
Drypool · E05011531
Parish or community
E43000010
Westminster constituency
Kingston upon Hull East · E14001313
Output area
E00064587
Lower layer super output area
Kingston upon Hull 016C · E01012807
Middle layer super output area
Kingston upon Hull 016 · E02002667

Postcode source versions

Explore HU8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
79
Primary
53
Secondary
11

  1. Buckingham Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    532 m

  2. Westcott Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    608 m

  3. Mersey Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    628 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,220
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,827
  • Shoplifting 428
  • Public order 420
  • Criminal damage and arson 357
  • Other theft 257

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

26 female, 0 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
HU8 8 residents
8,728

Age bands in HU8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,524 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

952 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.7%

2,616 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,473 residents

Age 65 and over
16.9%

1,539 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider HU8 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

17

within 5 km straight-line

  • CITY HEALTH PRACTICE LTD

    225 NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL, HU9 2LR

    ODS code B81074

    279 m

  • HULL FAMILY PRACTICE

    MORRILL STREET HEALTH CENTRE, MORRILL STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, HU9 2LJ

    ODS code B81008

    451 m

  • DELTA HEALTHCARE

    PARK PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE, 700 HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, HU9 3JA

    ODS code B81097

    1.2 km

  • EAST PARK PRACTICE

    WILBERFORCE HEALTH CENTRE, 2ND FLOOR, 6-10 STOREY STREET, HULL, HU1 3SA

    ODS code B81645

    2.7 km

  • THE QUAYS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WILBERFORCE HEALTH CENTRE, 6-10 STORY STREET, HULL, HU1 3SA

    ODS code B81017

    2.7 km

  • WILBERFORCE SURGERY

    1ST FLOOR WILBERFOCE HEALTH CENTRE, 6-10 STORY STREET, HULL, HU1 3SA

    ODS code B81032

    2.7 km

  • CLIFTON HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    263-265 BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, HU5 2ST

    ODS code B81054

    2.8 km

  • MARFLEET GROUP PRACTICE

    MARFLEET GROUP PRACTICE, MARFLEET PCC, PRESTON ROAD, HULL, HU9 5HH

    ODS code B81040

    2.8 km

  • THE SUTTON MANOR SURGERY

    SUTTON MANOR SURGERY, ST. IVES CLOSE, BRANSHOLME, HULL, HU7 4PT

    ODS code B81020

    3.0 km

  • MODALITY PARTNERSHIP (HULL)

    ALEXANDRA HEALTH CARE CENTRE, 61 ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, HU5 2NT

    ODS code B81048

    3.3 km

  • GOODHEART SURGERY

    BRANSHOLME HEALTH CENTRE, GOODHART ROAD, BRANSHOLME, HULL, HU7 4DW

    ODS code B81119

    3.3 km

  • JAMES ALEXANDER FAMILY PRACTICE

    BRANSHOLME HEALTH CENTRE, GOODHART ROAD, BRANSHOLME, HULL, HU7 4DW

    ODS code B81112

    3.3 km

  • WOLSELEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL, HU3 1DS

    ODS code B81047

    3.4 km

  • LAURBEL SURGERY

    14 MAIN ROAD, BILTON, HULL, HU11 4AR

    ODS code B81635

    4.0 km

  • CAMPUS HEALTH CENTRE

    RAINES HOUSE, 187 COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL, HU5 2EG

    ODS code B81104

    4.1 km

  • THE AVENUES MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 147-153 CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, KINGSTON UPON HULL, HU5 3TJ

    ODS code B81035

    4.4 km

  • ST ANDREWS SURGERY

    ELLIOT CHAPPELL HEALTH CENTRE, 215 HESSLE ROAD, HULL, HU3 4BB

    ODS code B81027

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Laburnum Avenue

    BCT · Garden Village

    0.1 miles

  • Holderness House

    BCT · Garden Village

    0.1 miles

  • Beechwood Court

    BCT · Garden Village

    0.1 miles

  • Westcott Street

    BCT · East Park

    0.1 miles

  • Newcomen Street

    BCT · Holderness

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kingston upon Hull 016C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,048 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

79 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 11 secondary schools. Buckingham Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 532 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

4,220 published events cover 12 months, averaging 351.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,827 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.