PO31 8DL

Cowes West & Gurnard · Isle of Wight · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cowes
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO31 8DN 55 m
PO31 8BP 104 m
PO31 8DJ 110 m
PO31 8DH 119 m
PO31 8BA 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO31 8DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 8
Latitude
50.764923
Longitude
-1.311802
British National Grid easting
448,631
British National Grid northing
96,375

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001300
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087371
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 001A · E01017300
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 001 · E02003581

Postcode source versions

Explore PO31

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
45, Baring Road, Cowes, PO31 8DL 19 December 2008 £400,000
41, Baring Road, Cowes, PO31 8DL 21 September 2006 £360,000
45, Baring Road, Cowes, PO31 8DL 9 December 1996 £105,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    470 m
  2. Gurnard Primary School

    Community school

    661 m
  3. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
553
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 274
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Public order 57
  • Anti social behaviour 54
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PO31 8 residents
5,984

Age bands in PO31 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%

855 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

554 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

1,154 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

2,030 residents

Age 65 and over
32.3%

2,192 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.

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

2

within 5 km

  • COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 NEWPORT ROAD, COWES, PO31 7ER

    ODS code J84015

    1.6 km

  • EAST COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHURCH PATH, EAST COWES, PO32 6RP

    ODS code J84004

    2.0 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

  • Egypt Hill

    BCT · Cowes

    0.1 miles
  • Baring Drive

    BCT · Cowes

    0.2 miles
  • Enterprise College

    BCT · Cowes

    0.3 miles
  • Briary Court

    BCT · Cowes

    0.3 miles
  • Enterprise College

    BCT · Cowes

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 001A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,290 of 33,755

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy is the nearest published school at 470 m.

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

Recorded crime

553 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 274 events.

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