PE31 8GL

Burnham Market & Docking · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE31 8GJ 44 m
PE31 8GH 118 m
PE31 8GP 137 m
PE31 8LP 171 m
PE31 8LQ 214 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 8GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 8
Latitude
52.902903
Longitude
0.627491
British National Grid easting
576,812
British National Grid northing
337,170

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Parish or community
E04006303
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135466
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Beales Court, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8GL 23 June 2023 £625,000
1, Beales Court, Docking, King's Lynn, PE31 8GL 18 May 2023 £655,000

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

    282 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PE31 8 residents
4,274

Age bands in PE31 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

494 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.2%

324 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.7%

705 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,323 residents

Age 65 and over
36.6%

1,645 residents

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

    10.2 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    10.4 miles
  • Kings Lynn Rail Station

    RLY · Kings Lynn

    13.9 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £640,000 from 2 recorded sales in PE31 8GL. 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 282 m.

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

Recorded crime

21 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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