PE31 8XD

Brancaster · 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 8XA 66 m
PE31 8XE 91 m
PE31 8AL 144 m
PE31 8XB 162 m
PE31 8EH 203 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE31 8XD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE31
Postcode sector
PE31 8
Latitude
52.963425
Longitude
0.649089
British National Grid easting
578,016
British National Grid northing
343,954

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Parish or community
E04006290
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135401
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

Explore PE31

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Anchorage View, Brancaster, King's Lynn, PE31 8XD 31 January 2025 £390,000
18, Anchorage View, Brancaster, King's Lynn, PE31 8XD 28 March 2024 £630,000
1, Anchorage View, Brancaster, King's Lynn, PE31 8XD 28 March 2024 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 3
  • Other theft 3
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

7 female, 4 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
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

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE31 8 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.

Nearby transport

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    9.0 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    10.4 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    10.4 miles
  • Buckthorn Avenue

    BCT · Skegness

    17.4 miles

Relative deprivation

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

10,997 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 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 £505,000 from 6 recorded sales in PE31 8XD. 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

0 open schools are in scope, including 0 primary and 0 secondary schools.

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

Recorded crime

26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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