PE17 3HQ

Somersham · Huntingdonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Somersham
Local authority: Huntingdonshire
Constituency: Huntingdon
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PE28 3HQ	2 m
PE28 3HH	197 m
PE28 3HG	429 m
PE28 3WD	759 m
PE28 3HW	781 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PE17 3HQ
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 2000
Postcode area: PE
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 3
Latitude: 52.402160
Longitude: 0.009456
British National Grid easting: 536,803
British National Grid northing: 280,136

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: Huntingdonshire · E07000011
Electoral ward: Somersham · E05011277
Parish or community: E04012038
Westminster constituency: Huntingdon · E14001298
Output area: E00091795
Lower layer super output area: Huntingdonshire 006D · E01018199
Middle layer super output area: Huntingdonshire 006 · E02003758

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 PE17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Somersham Primary School

Academy sponsor led
2.0 km
Whitehall School

Other independent school
2.3 km
St Helen's Primary School

Foundation school
4.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 10
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Drugs 2
Burglary 2
Violence and sexual offences 2
Other crime 1
Other theft 1

Nearby transport

Manea Rail Station

RLY · Manea
9.7 miles
Huntingdon Rail Station

RLY · Huntingdon
9.9 miles
Ely Rail Station

RLY · Ely
10.9 miles
March Rail Station

RLY · March
11.4 miles
Whittlesea Rail Station

RLY · Whittlesey
11.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Huntingdonshire 006D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,565 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 5 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 2 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

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Somersham Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Drugs with 2 events.

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