Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 3 secondary schools. Abbeyfield School is the nearest published school at 149 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NN4 8EJ
Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill · West Northamptonshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South
- Postcode district
- NN4
- Postcode sector
- NN4 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NN4 8EJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 October 2004
- Postcode area
- NN
- Postcode district
- NN4
- Postcode sector
- NN4 8
- Latitude
- 52.215032
- Longitude
- -0.903195
- British National Grid easting
- 475,032
- British National Grid northing
- 257,989
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- West Northamptonshire · E06000062
- Electoral ward
- Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill · E05015991
- Parish or community
- E04013031
- Westminster constituency
- Northampton South · E14001407
- Output area
- E00138180
- Lower layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 038D · E01027161
- Middle layer super output area
- West Northamptonshire 038 · E02005676
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 NN4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 58
- Primary
- 37
- Secondary
- 3
- 149 m
Abbeyfield School
Academy sponsor led
- 167 m
The Abbey Primary School
Academy converter
- 372 m
Overstone Gate Primary School
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,084
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 808
- Anti social behaviour 392
- Criminal damage and arson 157
- Public order 143
- Vehicle crime 124
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NN4 8 residents
- 16,508
Age bands in NN4 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.7%
3,278 residents
2,215 residents
5,193 residents
3,751 residents
1,736 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.
GP practices
16
within 5 km straight-line
PENVALE PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
HARDWICK ROAD, EAST HUNSBURY, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 0GP
ODS code Y08368
295 m
ELEANOR CROSS HEALTHCARE
DELAPRE MEDICAL CENTRE, GLOUCESTER AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 8QF
ODS code K83010
506 m
DANES CAMP MEDICAL CENTRE
ROWTREE ROAD, EAST HUNSBURY, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 0NY
ODS code K83610
1.1 km
WOOTTON MEDICAL CENTRE
36-38 HIGH STREET, WOOTTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN4 6LW
ODS code K83055
1.8 km
MAPLE ACCESS PARTNERSHIP LLP
MAPLE HOUSE, 17-19 HAZELWOOD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1LG
ODS code K83621
2.6 km
THE MOUNTS MEDICAL CENTRE
CAMPBELL STREET, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 3DS
ODS code K83025
3.1 km
LEICESTER TCE HEALTHCARE CTR
7-8 LEICESTER TERRACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AL
ODS code K83014
3.5 km
LANGHAM PLACE SURGERY
11 LANGHAM PLACE, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6AA
ODS code K83027
3.6 km
ABINGTON PARK SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, ARDINGTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LT
ODS code K83029
3.8 km
KING EDWARD ROAD SURGERY
CHRISTCHURCH MEDICAL CENTRE, KING EDWARD ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 5LY
ODS code K83012
4.0 km
ST LUKES PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
TIMKEN WAY SOUTH, DUSTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6FR
ODS code K83041
4.2 km
COUNTY SURGERY
202-204 ABINGTON AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4QA
ODS code K83056
4.3 km
QUEENSVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
THORNTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6LS
ODS code K83003
4.3 km
THE CRESCENT MEDICAL CTR.
2 THE CRESCENT, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 4SB
ODS code K83050
4.3 km
KINGSTHORPE MEDICAL CTR.
EASTERN AVENUE SOUTH, KINGSLEY, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7JN
ODS code K83035
4.9 km
ABINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
51A BEECH AVENUE, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 2JG
ODS code K83043
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Mereway Community College
BCT · Delapre
- 0.1 miles
Fire Station
BCT · Delapre
- 0.2 miles
Harrier Park
BCT · Merefield
- 0.2 miles
Harrier Park
BCT · Merefield
- 0.3 miles
Telephone Exchange
BCT · Delapre
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Northamptonshire 038D, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,867 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
2,084 published events cover 12 months, averaging 173.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 808 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.