Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 8 secondary schools. Nova Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 706 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PE3 9BX
West · Peterborough · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Peterborough
- Ward
- West
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Postcode district
- PE3
- Postcode sector
- PE3 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PE3 9BX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PE
- Postcode district
- PE3
- Postcode sector
- PE3 9
- Latitude
- 52.578638
- Longitude
- -0.292581
- British National Grid easting
- 515,793
- British National Grid northing
- 299,236
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Peterborough · E06000031
- Electoral ward
- West · E05010825
- Parish or community
- E04001104
- Westminster constituency
- Peterborough · E14001425
- Output area
- E00078884
- Lower layer super output area
- Peterborough 015A · E01015598
- Middle layer super output area
- Peterborough 015 · E02003251
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
Explore PE3
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Barnards Court, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 9BX | 26 May 2010 | £148,500 |
| 6, Barnard Court, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 9BX | 28 July 2009 | £156,000 |
| 5, Barnard Court, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 9BX | 8 December 2006 | £177,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 41
- Secondary
- 8
- 706 m
Nova Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 746 m
Longthorpe Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Jack Hunt Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,016
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 843
- Shoplifting 320
- Anti social behaviour 188
- Criminal damage and arson 176
- Public order 155
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 1.8
- PE3 9 residents
- 11,296
5 female, 6 male
Age bands in PE3 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.8%
2,362 residents
1,144 residents
3,025 residents
2,610 residents
1,975 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE3 9 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
16
within 5 km
BRETTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
RIGHTWELL, BRETTON, PETERBOROUGH, PE3 8DT
ODS code Y07057
1.5 km
THE GRANGE MEDICAL CENTRE
144 - 146 MAYORS WALK, PETERBOROUGH, PE3 6HA
ODS code D81645
2.1 km
WESTWOOD CLINIC
WICKEN WAY, WESTWOOD, PETERBOROUGH, PE3 7JW
ODS code D81073
2.1 km
THORPE ROAD
64 THORPE ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, PE3 6AP
ODS code D81615
2.4 km
BOTOLPH BRIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE
BOTOLPH BRIDGE COMMUNITY HEALTH, SUGAR WAY, WOODSTON, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 9QB
ODS code Y00486
2.8 km
THISTLEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE
6-10 THISTLEMOOR ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 3HP
ODS code D81625
3.2 km
BOROUGHBURY MEDICAL CENTRE
CRAIG STREET, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 2EJ
ODS code D81026
3.2 km
CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE
ST.MARTINS STREET, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 3BF
ODS code D81631
3.3 km
NENE VALLEY AND HODGSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
NENE VALLEY & HODGSON MED, CLAYTON, ORTON GOLDHAY, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 5GP
ODS code Y07059
3.5 km
THOMAS WALKER WESTGATE HEALTHCARE
THOMAS WALKER SURGERY, PRINCES STREET, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 2QP
ODS code Y07060
3.6 km
PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
164 PARK ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 2UF
ODS code Y07025
3.7 km
WILLOW TREE SURGERY
ORTON GOLDHAY, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 5RQ
ODS code D81629
3.8 km
AILSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
32 MAIN STREET, AILSWORTH, PETERBOROUGH, PE5 7AF
ODS code D81618
4.1 km
OLD FLETTON SURGERY
RECTORY GARDENS, OLD FLETTON, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 8AY
ODS code D81029
4.6 km
NIGHTINGALE MEDICAL CENTRE
DAMSON DRIVE, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 4FS
ODS code D81065
4.7 km
HAMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE
UNIT 6B, SERPENTINE GREEN, HAMPTON, PETERBOROUGH, PE7 8DR
ODS code D81630
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
- 1.4 miles
Orton Mere (Nene Valley Railway)
PLT · Orton Longueville
- 1.4 miles
Orton Mere (Nene Valley Railway)
MET · Orton Longueville
- 1.4 miles
Ferry Meadows (Nene Valley Railway)
PLT · Ferry Meadows
- 1.4 miles
Ferry Meadows (Nene Valley Railway)
MET · Ferry Meadows
- 1.8 miles
Castor Heights
BCT · Castor
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Peterborough 015A, 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
23,343 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
- 1
- 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
Recorded crime
2,016 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 843 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.