SG8 8EX

Ermine · North Hertfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Ward
Ermine
Local authority
North Hertfordshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 8HA 78 m
SG8 8FA 89 m
SG8 8EY 93 m
SG8 8ET 150 m
SG8 8ES 204 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 8EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 8
Latitude
51.994970
Longitude
0.014178
British National Grid easting
538,382
British National Grid northing
234,861

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Hertfordshire · E07000099
Electoral ward
Ermine · E05015759
Parish or community
E04004768
Westminster constituency
North East Hertfordshire · E14001393
Output area
E00119841
Lower layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 016C · E01023597
Middle layer super output area
North Hertfordshire 016 · E02007088

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Beech Cottage, London Road, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8EX 23 January 2019 £395,000
Brook Cottage, London Road, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8EX 20 December 2018 £424,950
Beech Cottage, London Road, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8EX 28 October 2016 £260,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Barkway VA Church of England First School

    Voluntary aided school

    656 m
  2. Reed First School

    Community school

    2.6 km
  3. Anstey First School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 9
  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Burglary 3
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

5 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
SG8 8 residents
3,389

Age bands in SG8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

550 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

288 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

680 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

1,060 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

896 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG8 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.

Nearby transport

  • Nuthampstead Road

    BCT · Barkway

    0.0 miles
  • Nuthampstead Road

    BCT · Barkway

    0.1 miles
  • Townsend Close

    BCT · Barkway

    0.2 miles
  • Townsend Close

    BCT · Barkway

    0.2 miles
  • Burrs Lane

    BCT · Barkway

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Hertfordshire 016C, 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

22,838 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Barkway VA Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 656 m.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 9 events.

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