PE31 6UE

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

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Constituency
North West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE31 6TZ 466 m
PE31 6SX 812 m
PE31 6ZD 1.1 km
PE31 6ZE 1.2 km
PE31 6TY 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 6UE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 6
Latitude
52.827515
Longitude
0.657738
British National Grid easting
579,156
British National Grid northing
328,861

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Parish or community
E04006324
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135682
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Harpley CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.0 km
  2. Rudham CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

1 female, 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
Next Generation Access
33.3%
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

    10.1 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    10.1 miles
  • Kings Lynn Rail Station

    RLY · Kings Lynn

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    12.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

11,084 of 33,755

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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Harpley CofE VC Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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