NN2 8TE

Kingsthorpe North · West Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Northampton
Local authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Northampton North
Postcode district
NN2
Postcode sector
NN2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NN2 8TB 73 m
NN2 8TD 86 m
NN2 8DX 112 m
NN2 8DQ 153 m
NN2 8GJ 164 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NN2 8TE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NN
Postcode district
NN2
Postcode sector
NN2 8
Latitude
52.275475
Longitude
-0.915657
British National Grid easting
474,080
British National Grid northing
264,699

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
West Northamptonshire · E06000062
Parish or community
E04013508
Westminster constituency
Northampton North · E14001406
Output area
E00138110
Lower layer super output area
West Northamptonshire 008B · E01027144
Middle layer super output area
West Northamptonshire 008 · E02005652

Postcode source versions

Explore NN2

47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
132, Sherwood Avenue, Northampton, NN2 8TE 6 November 2025 £295,000
124, Sherwood Avenue, Northampton, NN2 8TE 19 August 2025 £268,000
146, Sherwood Avenue, Northampton, NN2 8TE 10 August 2024 £150,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
64
Primary
38
Secondary
5
  1. Whitehills Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    331 m
  2. Whitehills Primary School

    Community school

    414 m
  3. Buckton Fields Primary School

    Free schools

    586 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,062
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 322
  • Shoplifting 244
  • Anti social behaviour 172
  • Other theft 64
  • Criminal damage and arson 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
70

33 female, 37 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.1
NN2 8 residents
15,906

Age bands in NN2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

2,665 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,534 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

4,119 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

3,960 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

3,710 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% 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

15

within 5 km

  • THE PINES SURGERY

    HARBOROUGH ROAD NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 8LL

    ODS code K83008

    951 m

  • KINGSTHORPE MEDICAL CTR.

    EASTERN AVENUE SOUTH, KINGSLEY, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7JN

    ODS code K83035

    2.5 km

  • QUEENSVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    THORNTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6LS

    ODS code K83003

    2.6 km

  • GREENVIEW SURGERY

    129 HAZELDENE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7PB

    ODS code K83077

    3.0 km

  • LANGHAM PLACE SURGERY

    11 LANGHAM PLACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AA

    ODS code K83027

    3.4 km

  • LEICESTER TCE HEALTHCARE CTR

    7-8 LEICESTER TERRACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AL

    ODS code K83014

    3.5 km

  • PARK AVE MED CNT & KINGS HEATH PRACTICE

    166-168 PARK AVENUE NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2HZ

    ODS code K83042

    3.6 km

  • ST LUKES PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    TIMKEN WAY SOUTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6FR

    ODS code K83041

    3.8 km

  • THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR.

    2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB

    ODS code K83050

    3.9 km

  • THE MOUNTS MEDICAL CENTRE

    CAMPBELL STREET, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 3DS

    ODS code K83025

    3.9 km

  • COUNTY SURGERY

    202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA

    ODS code K83056

    4.1 km

  • ABINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG

    ODS code K83043

    4.2 km

  • MOULTON SURGERY

    120 NORTHAMPTON LANE NORTH, MOULTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 7QP

    ODS code K83009

    4.4 km

  • MAPLE ACCESS PARTNERSHIP LLP

    MAPLE HOUSE, 17-19 HAZELWOOD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1LG

    ODS code K83621

    4.6 km

  • KING EDWARD ROAD SURGERY

    CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY

    ODS code K83012

    5.0 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

  • Covert Close opp

    BCT · Spring Park

    0.1 miles
  • Covert Close adj

    BCT · Spring Park

    0.1 miles
  • Stone Bridge Way

    BCT · Buckton Fields

    0.2 miles
  • Sherwood Ave opp

    BCT · Spring Park

    0.2 miles
  • Sherwood Avenue adj

    BCT · Spring Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 008B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,854 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £282,500 from 8 recorded sales in NN2 8TE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Northamptonshire is £292,754 in June 2026, up 2.5% year on year.

Schools

64 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 5 secondary schools. Whitehills Nursery School is the nearest published school at 331 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,062 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 322 events.

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