PE31 7JW

Heacham · 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
Ward
Heacham
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE31 7DE 57 m
PE31 7DW 86 m
PE31 7DJ 88 m
PE31 7DN 99 m
PE31 7DX 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 7JW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 7
Latitude
52.906932
Longitude
0.493182
British National Grid easting
567,765
British National Grid northing
337,296

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Electoral ward
Heacham · E05012337
Parish or community
E04006319
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135581
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003 · E02005553

Postcode source versions

Explore PE31

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Smithy Close, Heacham, King's Lynn, PE31 7JW 15 October 2010 £215,000
2, Smithy Close, Heacham, King's Lynn, PE31 7JW 26 June 1998 £72,000
3, Smithy Close, Heacham, King's Lynn, PE31 7JW 3 October 1997 £86,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Heacham Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    177 m
  2. Heacham Junior School

    Academy converter

    443 m
  3. Hunstanton Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
131
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Other theft 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Public order 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
PE31 7 residents
7,295

Age bands in PE31 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.2%

747 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.7%

487 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.1%

1,032 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

1,953 residents

Age 65 and over
42.3%

3,097 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE31 7 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

  • HEACHAM GROUP PRACTICE

    45 STATION ROAD, HEACHAM, KINGS LYNN, PE31 7EX

    ODS code D82027

    357 m

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

    11.2 miles
  • West Lynn Ferry Landing

    FBT · West Lynn

    11.3 miles
  • West Lynn Ferry Landing

    FER · West Lynn

    11.3 miles
  • King's Lynn Ferry Landing

    FER · Kings Lynn

    11.3 miles
  • King's Lynn Ferry Landing

    FBT · Kings Lynn

    11.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

16,934 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
Medium risk addresses
2
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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Heacham Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 177 m.

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

Recorded crime

131 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

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