PE17 3HW

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 3WD	331 m
PE28 3HG	546 m
PE28 3HW	591 m
PE28 3HQ	703 m
PE28 3HH	898 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PE17 3HW
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 June 2000
Postcode area: PE
Postcode district: PE17
Postcode sector: PE17 3
Latitude: 52.402209
Longitude: -0.000846
British National Grid easting: 536,102
British National Grid northing: 280,122

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

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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
1.8 km
Whitehall School

Other independent school
2.1 km
St Helen's Primary School

Foundation school
5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 7
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Anti social behaviour 2
Drugs 1
Burglary 1
Other theft 1
Criminal damage and arson 1

Nearby transport

Huntingdon Rail Station

RLY · Huntingdon
9.6 miles
Manea Rail Station

RLY · Manea
10.0 miles
Whittlesea Rail Station

RLY · Whittlesey
11.3 miles
March Rail Station

RLY · March
11.6 miles
Waterbeach Rail Station

RLY · Waterbeach
12.8 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 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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