PE36 5LW

Heacham · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hunstanton
Ward
Heacham
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Postcode district
PE36
Postcode sector
PE36 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE36 5LP 184 m
PE36 5LR 524 m
PE36 5LS 969 m
PE36 5NF 1.1 km
PE36 5NQ 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE36 5LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE36
Postcode sector
PE36 5
Latitude
52.902602
Longitude
0.558916
British National Grid easting
572,202
British National Grid northing
336,970

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Electoral ward
Heacham · E05012337
Parish or community
E04006346
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135715
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 003 · E02005553

Postcode source versions

Explore PE36

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Magazine Cottage, Peddars Way, Sedgeford, Hunstanton, PE36 5LW 19 February 1999 £145,000
Magazine Cottage, Peddars Way, Sedgeford, Hunstanton, PE36 5LW 20 February 1997 £112,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Heacham Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    4.3 km
  2. Docking Church of England Primary Academy and Nursery

    Academy converter

    4.4 km
  3. Snettisham Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
PE36 5 residents
3,977

Age bands in PE36 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.7%

372 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

285 residents

Age 25 to 44
13.8%

532 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,022 residents

Age 65 and over
42.6%

1,639 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE36 5 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

    4.6 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

    12.2 miles
  • West Lynn Ferry Landing

    FBT · West Lynn

    12.4 miles
  • West Lynn Ferry Landing

    FER · West Lynn

    12.4 miles
  • King's Lynn Ferry Landing

    FER · Kings Lynn

    12.4 miles
  • King's Lynn Ferry Landing

    FBT · Kings Lynn

    12.4 miles

Relative deprivation

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

11,232 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 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

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Heacham Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 2.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 2 events.

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