PE8 5LN

Thrapston · North Northamptonshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Peterborough
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Postcode district
PE8
Postcode sector
PE8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE8 5LJ 128 m
PE8 5LT 130 m
PE8 5LH 145 m
PE8 5LR 170 m
PE8 5LP 183 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE8 5LN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE8
Postcode sector
PE8 5
Latitude
52.471812
Longitude
-0.427280
British National Grid easting
506,925
British National Grid northing
287,147

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
North Northamptonshire · E06000061
Electoral ward
Thrapston · E05016232
Parish or community
E04006744
Output area
E00137489
Lower layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 010A · E01027031
Middle layer super output area
North Northamptonshire 010 · E02005630

Postcode source versions

Explore PE8

45 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Manor Barn, Main Street, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LN 27 November 2025 £980,000
Tocil House, Main Street, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LN 22 September 2023 £477,500
Sage Green, Main Street, Polebrook, Peterborough, PE8 5LN 22 December 2022 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Polebrook Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1 m
  2. Prince William School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.4 km
  3. Laxton Junior School

    Other independent school

    2.7 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

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

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
86

46 female, 40 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
2.3
PE8 5 residents
3,930

Age bands in PE8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

489 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

324 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

595 residents

Age 45 to 64
35%

1,282 residents

Age 65 and over
26.5%

970 residents

This postcode contained 2.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PE8 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

  • OUNDLE

    THE SURGERY, GLAPTHORN ROAD, OUNDLE, PETERBOROUGH, PE8 4JA

    ODS code K83023

    3.4 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

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Polebrook

    0.1 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Polebrook

    0.1 miles
  • Polebrook Village DRT

    BCT · Polebrook

    0.1 miles
  • Morgans Close

    BCT · Polebrook

    0.2 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Armston

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Northamptonshire 010A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,474 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
3
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
4
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 £980,000 from 5 recorded sales in PE8 5LN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Northamptonshire is £256,610 in June 2026, up 3.4% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Polebrook Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1 m.

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 Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

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