Schools
49 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 6 secondary schools. Wigmore Primary is the nearest published school at 519 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
LU2 8UD
Wigmore · Luton · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- LU2 8UD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- LU
- Postcode district
- LU2
- Postcode sector
- LU2 8
- Latitude
- 51.891831
- Longitude
- -0.367206
- British National Grid easting
- 512,457
- British National Grid northing
- 222,734
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Luton · E06000032
- Electoral ward
- Wigmore · E05014754
- Parish or community
- E43000027
- Westminster constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire · E14001346
- Output area
- E00079911
- Lower layer super output area
- Luton 014F · E01015810
- Middle layer super output area
- Luton 014 · E02003271
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore LU2
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 115, Colwell Rise, Luton, LU2 8UD | 20 January 2021 | £420,000 |
| 119, Colwell Rise, Luton, LU2 8UD | 30 March 2007 | £135,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 49
- Primary
- 29
- Secondary
- 6
- 519 m
Wigmore Primary
Community school
- 809 m
Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 1.1 km
Queen Elizabeth School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,419
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 399
- Violence and sexual offences 396
- Anti social behaviour 136
- Other theft 96
- Criminal damage and arson 89
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 37
- Postcode households
- 15
- Residents per household
- 2.5
- LU2 8 residents
- 13,008
15 female, 22 male
Age bands in LU2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
2,151 residents
1,323 residents
3,421 residents
3,604 residents
2,385 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider LU2 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
- 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
12
within 5 km
LARKSIDE PRACTICE
322 CRAWLEY GREEN ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9SB
ODS code E81026
164 m
DR PS BATH'S PRACTICE
49 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81617
2.1 km
STOPSLEY VILLAGE PRACTICE
26 ASHCROFT ROAD, LUTON, LU2 9AU
ODS code E81006
2.1 km
THE TOWN CENTRE PRACTICE
14-16 CHAPEL STREET, LUTON, LU1 2SE
ODS code Y02463
3.7 km
CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP PRACTICE
27 CASTLE STREET, LUTON, LU1 3AG
ODS code E81013
3.8 km
MALZEARD ROAD PRACTICE
2A MALZEARD ROAD, LUTON, LU3 1BD
ODS code E81631
4.0 km
LEA VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
9 MERSEY PLACE, LIVERPOOL ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1HH
ODS code E81032
4.0 km
THE MEDICI MEDICAL PRACTICE
3 WINDSOR STREET, LUTON, LU1 3UA
ODS code E81073
4.0 km
BUTE HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
GROVE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1RW
ODS code E81048
4.1 km
THE BLENHEIM MEDICAL CENTRE
9 BLENHEIM CRESCENT, LUTON, LU3 1HA
ODS code E81028
4.2 km
BELL HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
163 DUNSTABLE ROAD, LUTON, LU1 1BW
ODS code E81005
4.2 km
WOODLAND AVENUE PRACTICE
30 WOODLAND AVENUE, LUTON, LU3 1RW
ODS code E81018
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Colwell Court
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Rowington Close
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Cutlers Green
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Rowington Close
BCT · Wigmore Park
- 0.1 miles
Cutlers Green
BCT · Wigmore Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Luton 014F, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,848 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
Recorded crime
1,419 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 399 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.