PE28 3BS

Somersham · Huntingdonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huntingdon
Local authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon
Postcode district
PE28
Postcode sector
PE28 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE28 3BT 536 m
PE28 3BP 642 m
PE28 3DX 669 m
PE28 3LJ 1.0 km
PE28 3FL 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE28 3BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE28
Postcode sector
PE28 3
Latitude
52.359501
Longitude
-0.042339
British National Grid easting
533,408
British National Grid northing
275,295

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

Explore PE28

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cheffins, The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, PE28 3BS 29 May 2018 £4,500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Wheatfields Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.2 km
  2. St Helen's Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.6 km
  3. Holywell CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PE28 3 residents
9,414

Age bands in PE28 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,397 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

834 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

2,025 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.3%

2,849 residents

Age 65 and over
24.5%

2,310 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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

3

within 5 km

  • RIVERPORT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ORCHARD SURGERY, CONSTABLE ROAD, ST. IVES, PE27 3ER

    ODS code D81606

    2.9 km

  • SPINNEY SURGERY

    THE SPINNEY, RAMSEY ROAD, ST. IVES, PE27 3TP

    ODS code D81049

    3.6 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CROMWELL PLACE, ST. IVES, PE27 5JD

    ODS code D81030

    4.4 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

  • Huntingdon Rail Station

    RLY · Huntingdon

    6.7 miles
  • St Neots Rail Station

    RLY · St Neots

    12.4 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    12.6 miles
  • Whittlesea Rail Station

    RLY · Whittlesey

    13.5 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    13.7 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.

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
0
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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wheatfields Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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