PE28 3XS

Holywell-cum-Needingworth · 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 3LG 126 m
PE28 3JH 154 m
PE28 3LE 177 m
PE28 3NT 208 m
PE28 3LF 245 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE28 3XS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE28
Postcode sector
PE28 3
Latitude
52.357055
Longitude
0.000582
British National Grid easting
536,338
British National Grid northing
275,103

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

Explore PE28

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Old Farm Court, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE28 3XS 30 August 2017 £410,000
2, Old Farm Court, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE28 3XS 4 May 2016 £515,000
1, Old Farm Court, Bluntisham, Huntingdon, PE28 3XS 14 February 2002 £245,500

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

    716 m
  2. Earith Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.2 km
  3. Whitehall School

    Other independent school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
95
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 32
  • Vehicle crime 16
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Other theft 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

4 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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

  • Huntingdon Rail Station

    RLY · Huntingdon

    8.4 miles
  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    10.6 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    11.4 miles
  • Manea Rail Station

    RLY · Manea

    12.3 miles
  • Cambridge Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    12.6 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.

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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Helen's Primary School is the nearest published school at 716 m.

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

Recorded crime

95 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 32 events.

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