PE8 6HP

Wittering · Peterborough · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Peterborough
Postcode district
PE8
Postcode sector
PE8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PE8 6JN 43 m
PE8 6LF 59 m
PE8 6LA 71 m
PE8 6JJ 102 m
PE8 6JH 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PE8 6HP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2002
Postcode area
PE
Postcode district
PE8
Postcode sector
PE8 6
Latitude
52.581288
Longitude
-0.415412
British National Grid easting
507,464
British National Grid northing
299,341

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Peterborough · E06000031
Electoral ward
Wittering · E05010826
Parish or community
E04001125
Output area
E00079038
Lower layer super output area
Peterborough 004D · E01015628
Middle layer super output area
Peterborough 004 · E02003240

Postcode source versions

Explore PE8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Nassington Primary School

    Community school

    3.3 km
  2. Wittering Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
65
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Other theft 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PE8 6 residents
8,648

Age bands in PE8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,532 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

771 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,122 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,404 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

1,689 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WANSFORD

    OLD HILL FARM, YARWELL STREET, WANSFORD, PETERBOROUGH, PE8 6PL

    ODS code K83017

    505 m

  • AILSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 MAIN STREET, AILSWORTH, PETERBOROUGH, PE5 7AF

    ODS code D81618

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Black Swan Spinney

    BCT · Wansford

    0.2 miles
  • Black Swan Spinney

    BCT · Wansford

    0.2 miles
  • (Yarwell) Village Hall

    BCT · Yarwell

    1.0 miles
  • Yarwell Village DRT

    BCT · Yarwell

    1.0 miles
  • (Yarwell) Village Hall

    BCT · Yarwell

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Peterborough 004D, 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

22,165 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Nassington Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

65 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 16 events.

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