NN8 3NN

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 3NU 81 m
NN8 3SD 102 m
NN8 3NW 103 m
NN8 3NL 129 m
NN8 3RG 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NN8 3NN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NN
Postcode district
NN8
Postcode sector
NN8 3
Latitude
52.300292
Longitude
-0.718520
British National Grid easting
487,481
British National Grid northing
267,679

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Northamptonshire · E06000061
Parish or community
E04013138
Output area
E00138946
Lower layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 033D · E01027312
Middle layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 033 · E02005698

Postcode source versions

Explore NN8

61 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Cowper Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3NN 27 March 2026 £215,000
76, Cowper Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3NN 26 August 2025 £130,000
86, Cowper Road, Wellingborough, NN8 3NN 27 September 2024 £215,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Ruskin Infant School

    Academy converter

    389 m
  2. Ruskin Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    395 m
  3. Weavers Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    421 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,737
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 992
  • Anti social behaviour 429
  • Shoplifting 359
  • Criminal damage and arson 186
  • Vehicle crime 136

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
148

82 female, 66 male

Postcode households
65
Residents per household
2.3
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 1.1% 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

5

within 5 km

  • QUEENSWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    12-14 OLYMPIC WAY, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 3QE

    ODS code K83005

    514 m

  • ALBANY HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 QUEEN STREET, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 4RW

    ODS code K83026

    1.6 km

  • THE REDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 TURNER ROAD, WELLINGBOROUGH, NN8 4UT

    ODS code K83011

    2.0 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K83047

    2.8 km

  • EARLS BARTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 AGGATE WAY, EARLS BARTON, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 0EU

    ODS code K83601

    4.8 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

  • Lea Way

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Lea Way

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Cowper Road

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Cowper Road

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles
  • Masefield Close

    BCT · Wellingborough

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Northamptonshire 033D, 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

10,575 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 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.

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
2
Medium risk addresses
2
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 £215,000 from 7 recorded sales in NN8 3NN. 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Ruskin Infant School is the nearest published school at 389 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,737 published events cover 12 months, averaging 228.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 992 events.

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