Schools
52 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Edgewood School is the nearest published school at 382 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NN3 4EL
Blackthorn & Rectory Farm · West Northamptonshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South
- Postcode district
- NN3
- Postcode sector
- NN3 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NN3 4EL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- NN
- Postcode district
- NN3
- Postcode sector
- NN3 4
- Latitude
- 52.263526
- Longitude
- -0.818226
- British National Grid easting
- 480,749
- British National Grid northing
- 263,474
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- West Northamptonshire · E06000062
- Electoral ward
- Blackthorn & Rectory Farm · E05015978
- Parish or community
- E04013033
- Westminster constituency
- Northampton South · E14001407
- Output area
- E00138354
- Lower layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 014B · E01027197
- Middle layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 014 · E02005656
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 NN3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 52
- Primary
- 32
- Secondary
- 8
- 382 m
Edgewood School
Other independent special school
- 390 m
Blackthorn Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 865 m
Rectory Farm Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,173
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,250
- Anti social behaviour 493
- Shoplifting 340
- Vehicle crime 218
- Criminal damage and arson 217
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
13
within 5 km straight-line
BROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
ECTON BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 5EN
ODS code K83048
1.3 km
DR ABBAS
WESTON FAVELL P/C CENTRE, BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83618
1.7 km
MAYFIELD SURGERY
BILLING BROOK ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8DW
ODS code K83076
1.7 km
WOODVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
HOLMECROSS ROAD, THORPLANDS, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 8AW
ODS code K83040
1.7 km
MOULTON SURGERY
120 NORTHAMPTON LANE NORTH, MOULTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 7QP
ODS code K83009
3.4 km
ABINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG
ODS code K83043
3.4 km
PARK AVE MED CNT & KINGS HEATH PRACTICE
166-168 PARK AVENUE NORTH, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2HZ
ODS code K83042
3.6 km
KING EDWARD ROAD SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY
ODS code K83012
4.0 km
EARLS BARTON MEDICAL CENTRE
8 AGGATE WAY, EARLS BARTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 0EU
ODS code K83601
4.1 km
COUNTY SURGERY
202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA
ODS code K83056
4.1 km
ABINGTON PARK SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, ARDINGTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LT
ODS code K83029
4.2 km
THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR.
2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB
ODS code K83050
4.2 km
GREENVIEW SURGERY
129 HAZELDENE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7PB
ODS code K83077
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Maidencastle
BCT · Blackthorn
- 0.1 miles
Maidencastle
BCT · Blackthorn
- 0.1 miles
Pig and Whistle PH
BCT · Blackthorn
- 0.1 miles
Pig and Whistle PH
BCT · Blackthorn
- 0.2 miles
Arlbury Road
BCT · Blackthorn
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 014B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,525 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Recorded crime
3,173 published events cover 12 months, averaging 264.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,250 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.