PE31 6UW

Massingham with Castle Acre · 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 6TW 77 m
PE31 6UB 137 m
PE31 6TN 146 m
PE31 6GW 149 m
PE31 6TP 191 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 6UW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 6
Latitude
52.800317
Longitude
0.652370
British National Grid easting
578,906
British National Grid northing
325,823

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Parish or community
E04006318
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135677
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

Explore PE31

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Becks Wood, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6UW 2 December 2020 £498,000
2, Becks Wood, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6UW 3 October 2017 £477,000
1, Becks Wood, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6UW 21 July 2014 £329,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Harpley CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    208 m
  2. Great Massingham CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.3 km
  3. Rudham CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

5 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • GREAT MASSINGHAM SURGERY

    STATION ROAD, GREAT MASSINGHAM, KING'S LYNN, PE32 2JQ

    ODS code D82070

    2.5 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

  • Kings Lynn Rail Station

    RLY · Kings Lynn

    10.9 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    11.3 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    11.3 miles
  • King's Lynn Ferry Landing

    FER · Kings Lynn

    11.4 miles
  • King's Lynn Ferry Landing

    FBT · Kings Lynn

    11.4 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.

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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Harpley CofE VC Primary School is the nearest published school at 208 m.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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