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PE28 3QA

Holywell-cum-Needingworth · Huntingdonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Huntingdon
Ward
Holywell-cum-Needingworth
Local authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon
Postcode district
PE28
Postcode sector
PE28 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE28 3PY 25 m
PE28 3PW 77 m
PE28 3PZ 119 m
PE28 3QY 126 m
PE28 3QZ 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE28 3QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE28
Postcode sector
PE28 3
Latitude
52.356404
Longitude
0.031348
British National Grid easting
538,435
British National Grid northing
275,089

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Huntingdonshire · E07000011
Electoral ward
Holywell-cum-Needingworth · E05011264
Parish or community
E04001692
Westminster constituency
Huntingdon · E14001298
Output area
E00091437
Lower layer super output area
Huntingdonshire 007C · E01018123
Middle layer super output area
Huntingdonshire 007 · E02003759

Postcode source versions

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Property

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11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Orchard Crescent, Earith, Huntingdon, PE28 3QA 11 December 2013 £180,000
12, Orchard Crescent, Earith, Huntingdon, PE28 3QA 26 March 2010 £182,500
7, Orchard Crescent, Earith, Huntingdon, PE28 3QA 22 December 2009 £155,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. Earith Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    168 m

  2. St Helen's Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.4 km

  3. Whitehall School

    Other independent school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
125
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 52
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Vehicle crime 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Other theft 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

19 female, 12 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.6
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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE28 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

1

within 5 km

  • OVER SURGERY

    1 DRINGS CLOSE, OVER, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 5NZ

    ODS code D81033

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    9.6 miles

  • Huntingdon Rail Station

    RLY · Huntingdon

    9.7 miles

  • Ely Rail Station

    RLY · Ely

    10.3 miles

  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    10.6 miles

  • Manea Rail Station

    RLY · Manea

    11.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Huntingdonshire 007C, 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

25,702 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 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.

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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Earith Primary School is the nearest published school at 168 m.

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

Recorded crime

125 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 52 events.

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