NN8 3FS

Brickhill & Queensway · North Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wellingborough
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Postcode district
NN8
Postcode sector
NN8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NN8 3ZA 62 m
NN8 3FR 92 m
NN8 3QE 116 m
NN8 3ZB 120 m
NN8 3XA 147 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NN8 3FS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NN
Postcode district
NN8
Postcode sector
NN8 3
Latitude
52.305934
Longitude
-0.718166
British National Grid easting
487,494
British National Grid northing
268,307

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Northamptonshire · E06000061
Parish or community
E04013138
Output area
E00139082
Lower layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 031D · E01027342
Middle layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 031 · E02005696

Postcode source versions

Explore NN8

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Bowness, Wellingborough, NN8 3FS 28 November 2025 £173,000
2, Bowness, Wellingborough, NN8 3FS 18 November 2011 £107,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
3
  1. Olympic Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    273 m
  2. Weavers Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    551 m
  3. Ruskin Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    840 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,238
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 867
  • Anti social behaviour 420
  • Criminal damage and arson 164
  • Shoplifting 130
  • Vehicle crime 127

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
92

52 female, 40 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
2.4
NN8 3 residents
13,565

Age bands in NN8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

2,667 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,444 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

3,457 residents

Age 45 to 64
24%

3,158 residents

Age 65 and over
18.4%

2,420 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NN8 3 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

4

within 5 km

  • QUEENSWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    12-14 OLYMPIC WAY, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 3QE

    ODS code K83005

    116 m

  • THE REDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 TURNER ROAD, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 4UT

    ODS code K83011

    1.5 km

  • ALBANY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 QUEEN STREET, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 4RW

    ODS code K83026

    1.6 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MANNOCK MEDICAL CENTRE, IRTHLINGBOROUGH ROAD, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 1LT

    ODS code K83047

    2.9 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

  • Olympic Way

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Olympic Way

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Minerva Way

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Minerva Way

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Queensway

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Northamptonshire 031D, 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

7,346 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
1
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 £173,000 from 1 recorded sale in NN8 3FS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Northamptonshire is £256,610 in June 2026, up 3.4% year on year.

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Olympic Primary is the nearest published school at 273 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,238 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 867 events.

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