PO31 8DS

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 8DR 140 m
PO31 8EA 164 m
PO31 8DU 165 m
PO31 8EH 197 m
PO31 8EQ 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO31 8DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 8
Latitude
50.761250
Longitude
-1.317258
British National Grid easting
448,250
British National Grid northing
95,963

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
E00087373
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

56 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Westpoint, 99, The Pavilion, Baring Road, Cowes, PO31 8DS 20 July 2026 £310,000
115, Baring Road, Cowes, PO31 8DS 4 November 2025 £875,000
87, Baring Road, Cowes, PO31 8DS 24 September 2025 £880,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Gurnard Primary School

    Community school

    102 m
  2. Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    805 m
  3. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
566
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 277
  • Public order 62
  • Criminal damage and arson 61
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
73

40 female, 33 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.3
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

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO31 8 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

2

within 5 km

  • COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 NEWPORT ROAD, COWES, PO31 7ER

    ODS code J84015

    1.5 km

  • EAST COWES MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHURCH PATH, EAST COWES, PO32 6RP

    ODS code J84004

    2.2 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

  • Cow Lane

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.1 miles
  • Woodvale Road

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.1 miles
  • Woodvale Close

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.2 miles
  • Oakwood

    BCT · Cowes

    0.2 miles
  • Woodvale

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £454,750 from 10 recorded sales in PO31 8DS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Isle of Wight is £240,998 in June 2026, up 1.1% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Gurnard Primary School is the nearest published school at 102 m.

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

Recorded crime

566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 277 events.

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