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LE16 8NW

Desborough · North Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Desborough
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Kettering
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
LE16 8PG 190 m
LE16 8PH 527 m
LE16 8PQ 534 m
LE16 8HJ 576 m
LE16 8QU 580 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
LE16 8NW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
LE
Postcode district
LE16
Postcode sector
LE16 8
Latitude
52.482468
Longitude
-0.866061
British National Grid easting
477,103
British National Grid northing
287,774

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Northamptonshire · E06000061
Electoral ward
Desborough · E05016208
Parish or community
E04006772
Westminster constituency
Kettering · E14001311
Output area
E00138008
Lower layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 012C · E01027129
Middle layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 012 · E02005639

Postcode source versions

Explore LE16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
2

  1. Meadowdale Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

  2. Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km

  3. Little Bowden School

    Community school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
LE16 8 residents
10,440

Age bands in LE16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,474 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

928 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

1,851 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.1%

3,437 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

2,704 residents

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
0%

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARKET HARBOROUGH MED.CTR

    67 COVENTRY ROAD, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LE16 9BX

    ODS code C82009

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Dingley

    0.2 miles

  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Dingley

    0.2 miles

  • Dingley DRT

    BCT · Dingley

    0.2 miles

  • Church Lane

    BCT · Dingley

    0.2 miles

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Dingley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Northamptonshire 012C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,152 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Meadowdale Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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