PO31 8RD

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 8RA 44 m
PO31 8RE 49 m
PO31 8RB 62 m
PO31 8QE 101 m
PO31 8RT 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO31 8RD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO31
Postcode sector
PO31 8
Latitude
50.749778
Longitude
-1.323917
British National Grid easting
447,792
British National Grid northing
94,683

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Isle of Wight · E06000046
Parish or community
E04001304
Westminster constituency
Isle of Wight West · E14001304
Output area
E00180407
Lower layer super output area
Isle of Wight 002D · E01017316
Middle layer super output area
Isle of Wight 002 · E02003582

Postcode source versions

Explore PO31

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
22, Gurnard Pines, Gurnard, Cowes, PO31 8RD 23 May 2025 £58,000
22, Gurnard Pines, Gurnard, Cowes, PO31 8RD 16 October 2024 £56,000
21, Gurnard Pines, Gurnard, Cowes, PO31 8RD 11 March 2022 £52,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Gurnard Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  2. Lanesend Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Northwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
226
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 127
  • Public order 22
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Other theft 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

0 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.0
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.

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

    2.8 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

  • Gurnard Pines

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.2 miles
  • Bay View Road

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.4 miles
  • Portland Inn

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.4 miles
  • Lower Church Road Bottom

    BCT · Gurnard

    0.5 miles
  • Harness Lane

    BCT · Rew Street

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

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

22,372 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £52,500 from 5 recorded sales in PO31 8RD. 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Gurnard Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

226 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 127 events.

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