PE7 2HL

Whittlesey South · Fenland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Peterborough
Local authority
Fenland
Postcode district
PE7
Postcode sector
PE7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE7 2HT 636 m
PE7 2NA 1.1 km
PE7 2HG 1.2 km
PE7 2HJ 1.3 km
PE7 2GB 1.8 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE7 2HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE7
Postcode sector
PE7 2
Latitude
52.542238
Longitude
-0.069954
British National Grid easting
530,985
British National Grid northing
295,568

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Fenland · E07000010
Parish or community
E04001666
Output area
E00091108
Lower layer super output area
Fenland 008C · E01018060
Middle layer super output area
Fenland 008 · E02003749

Postcode source versions

Explore PE7

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
271, Benwick Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2HL 12 December 2008 £265,000
291, Benwick Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2HL 31 May 2001 £25,000
293, Benwick Road, Whittlesey, Peterborough, PE7 2HL 12 July 1999 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Coates Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km
  2. New Road Primary & Nursery School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km
  3. Sir Harry Smith Community College

    Academy converter

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

8 female, 9 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
4.3
PE7 2 residents
4,380

Age bands in PE7 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

780 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

434 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

1,153 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,230 residents

Age 65 and over
17.9%

786 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE7 2 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+
0%
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

  • NEW QUEEN STREET SURGERY

    SYERS LANE, WHITTLESEY, PETERBOROUGH, PE7 1AT

    ODS code D81046

    4.3 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

  • Whittlesea Rail Station

    RLY · Whittlesey

    2.1 miles
  • Grafham Close

    BCT · Stanground

    6.0 miles
  • Lutton Gate Road

    BCT · Throckenholt

    8.8 miles
  • Lutton Gate Road

    BCT · Throckenholt

    8.8 miles
  • Coronation Avenue

    BCT · Throckenholt

    9.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fenland 008C, 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

11,888 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
4 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
5
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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Coates Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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