PE28 3PE

Holywell-cum-Needingworth · Huntingdonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE28 3LL 84 m
PE28 3PA 197 m
PE28 3LD 224 m
PE28 3NZ 271 m
PE28 3FJ 295 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE28 3PE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE28
Postcode sector
PE28 3
Latitude
52.351136
Longitude
0.004485
British National Grid easting
536,622
British National Grid northing
274,452

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Huntingdonshire · E07000011
Parish or community
E04001677
Westminster constituency
Huntingdon · E14001298
Output area
E00091431
Lower layer super output area
Huntingdonshire 007D · E01018124
Middle layer super output area
Huntingdonshire 007 · E02003759

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. St Helen's Primary School

    Foundation school

    901 m
  2. Earith Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.0 km
  3. Whitehall School

    Other independent school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 43
  • Vehicle crime 16
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Other theft 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7

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+
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • OVER SURGERY

    1 DRINGS CLOSE, OVER, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 5NZ

    ODS code D81033

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Huntingdon Rail Station

    RLY · Huntingdon

    8.5 miles
  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    10.2 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    10.9 miles
  • Cambridge Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    12.1 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    12.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Huntingdonshire 007D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,224 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Helen's Primary School is the nearest published school at 901 m.

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

Recorded crime

110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 43 events.

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