PE31 6SY

Bircham with Rudhams · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
King's Lynn
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE31 6RE 76 m
PE31 6XR 77 m
PE31 6XS 154 m
PE31 6RF 164 m
PE31 6QW 174 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 6SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 6
Latitude
52.861207
Longitude
0.624244
British National Grid easting
576,763
British National Grid northing
332,525

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Parish or community
E04006288
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135465
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

Explore PE31

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Longmeadow Close, Great Bircham, King's Lynn, PE31 6SY 11 November 2025 £535,000
5, Longmeadow Close, Great Bircham, King's Lynn, PE31 6SY 7 November 2024 £775,000
1, Longmeadow Close, Great Bircham, King's Lynn, PE31 6SY 30 July 2024 £875,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

    Academy converter

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Other theft 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
PE31 6 residents
7,959

Age bands in PE31 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

916 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.2%

554 residents

Age 25 to 44
15%

1,152 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,082 residents

Age 65 and over
38.6%

2,953 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE31 6 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.

Nearby transport

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    10.6 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    10.6 miles
  • Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    11.8 miles
  • Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    11.8 miles
  • Kings Lynn Rail Station

    RLY · Kings Lynn

    11.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,192 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £775,000 from 5 recorded sales in PE31 6SY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for King's Lynn and West Norfolk is £263,298 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery is the nearest published school at 2.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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