PO31 8PW

Cowes South & Northwood · 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 8PN 150 m
PO31 8PP 276 m
PO31 8PL 294 m
PO31 8PH 303 m
PO31 8PQ 388 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO31 8PW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 8
Latitude
50.737976
Longitude
-1.303538
British National Grid easting
449,242
British National Grid northing
93,384

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001324
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00087517
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 002E · E01017329
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 002 · E02003582

Postcode source versions

Explore PO31

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Pheasant Pole Cottage, Church Lane, Cowes, PO31 8PW 29 June 2015 £225,000
Pheasant Pole Cottage, Church Lane, Cowes, PO31 8PW 3 May 2003 £110,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
12
Secondary
4
  1. Northwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    766 m
  2. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. Queensgate Foundation Primary

    Foundation school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
95
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 53
  • Other theft 11
  • Public order 8
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Criminal damage and arson 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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+
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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • 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

    2.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Horseshoe Inn

    BCT · Northwood

    0.2 miles
  • Horseshoe Inn

    BCT · Northwood

    0.2 miles
  • Oxford Street Top

    BCT · Northwood

    0.2 miles
  • Chawton Lane

    BCT · Northwood

    0.3 miles
  • Uplands Road

    BCT · Northwood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Isle of Wight 002E, 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

23,384 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 4 secondary schools. Northwood Primary School is the nearest published school at 766 m.

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

Recorded crime

95 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 53 events.

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