Schools
80 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 9 secondary schools. Purple Oaks Academy is the nearest published school at 689 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NN2 8FY
Kingsthorpe North · West Northamptonshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Northampton
- Ward
- Kingsthorpe North
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Postcode district
- NN2
- Postcode sector
- NN2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NN2 8FY
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 September 2018
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NN
- Postcode district
- NN2
- Postcode sector
- NN2 8
- Latitude
- 52.268776
- Longitude
- -0.902925
- British National Grid easting
- 474,960
- British National Grid northing
- 263,967
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- West Northamptonshire · E06000062
- Electoral ward
- Kingsthorpe North · E05015996
- Parish or community
- E04013508
- Westminster constituency
- Northampton North · E14001406
- Output area
- E00138090
- Lower layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 008D · E01027147
- Middle layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 008 · E02005652
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 NN2
Property
13 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Henard Close, Northampton, NN2 8FY | 24 February 2021 | £295,000 |
| 9, Henard Close, Northampton, NN2 8FY | 21 February 2020 | £271,000 |
| 8, Henard Close, Northampton, NN2 8FY | 5 August 2019 | £300,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 80
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 9
- 689 m
Purple Oaks Academy
Free schools special
- 806 m
Whitehills Primary School
Community school
- 815 m
Kingsthorpe Village Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,477
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 862
- Anti social behaviour 450
- Shoplifting 303
- Criminal damage and arson 163
- Other theft 149
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 40
- Postcode households
- 13
- Residents per household
- 3.1
- NN2 8 residents
- 15,906
17 female, 23 male
Age bands in NN2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.2%
2,665 residents
1,534 residents
4,119 residents
3,960 residents
3,710 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NN2 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
19
within 5 km
THE PINES SURGERY
HARBOROUGH ROAD NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 8LL
ODS code K83008
438 m
KINGSTHORPE MEDICAL CTR.
EASTERN AVENUE SOUTH, KINGSLEY, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7JN
ODS code K83035
1.4 km
QUEENSVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
THORNTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6LS
ODS code K83003
1.7 km
GREENVIEW SURGERY
129 HAZELDENE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7PB
ODS code K83077
1.8 km
LANGHAM PLACE SURGERY
11 LANGHAM PLACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AA
ODS code K83027
2.4 km
PARK AVE MED CNT & KINGS HEATH PRACTICE
166-168 PARK AVENUE NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2HZ
ODS code K83042
2.5 km
LEICESTER TCE HEALTHCARE CTR
7-8 LEICESTER TERRACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AL
ODS code K83014
2.5 km
THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR.
2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB
ODS code K83050
2.7 km
THE MOUNTS MEDICAL CENTRE
CAMPBELL STREET, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 3DS
ODS code K83025
3.0 km
COUNTY SURGERY
202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA
ODS code K83056
3.0 km
ABINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG
ODS code K83043
3.1 km
MAPLE ACCESS PARTNERSHIP LLP
MAPLE HOUSE, 17-19 HAZELWOOD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1LG
ODS code K83621
3.6 km
ST LUKES PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
TIMKEN WAY SOUTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6FR
ODS code K83041
3.7 km
KING EDWARD ROAD SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY
ODS code K83012
3.8 km
ABINGTON PARK SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, ARDINGTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LT
ODS code K83029
3.9 km
MOULTON SURGERY
120 NORTHAMPTON LANE NORTH, MOULTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 7QP
ODS code K83009
3.9 km
WOODVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
HOLMECROSS ROAD, THORPLANDS, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8AW
ODS code K83040
4.2 km
DR ABBAS
WESTON FAVELL P/C CENTRE, BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83618
4.2 km
MAYFIELD SURGERY
BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83076
4.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Chalcombe Road
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.1 miles
2 Chalcombe Avenue
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.1 miles
Greenfields School
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.2 miles
Chalcombe Road
BCT · Kingsthorpe
- 0.2 miles
Greenfields School
BCT · Kingsthorpe
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 008D, 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
10,729 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
2,477 published events cover 12 months, averaging 206.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 862 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.