Schools
74 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 9 secondary schools. Crowdys Hill School is the nearest published school at 335 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SN2 8EL
Penhill & Pinehurst · Swindon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Penhill & Pinehurst
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North
- Postcode district
- SN2
- Postcode sector
- SN2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SN2 8EL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SN
- Postcode district
- SN2
- Postcode sector
- SN2 8
- Latitude
- 51.578711
- Longitude
- -1.768610
- British National Grid easting
- 416,130
- British National Grid northing
- 186,675
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Swindon · E06000030
- Electoral ward
- Penhill & Pinehurst · E05016293
- Parish or community
- E04012663
- Westminster constituency
- Swindon North · E14001536
- Output area
- E00078430
- Lower layer super output area
- Swindon 010B · E01015509
- Middle layer super output area
- Swindon 010 · E02003221
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SN2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 74
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 9
- 335 m
Crowdys Hill School
Community special school
- 474 m
Connex
Other independent special school
- 745 m
Gorse Hill Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,786
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,111
- Anti social behaviour 369
- Shoplifting 277
- Public order 232
- Criminal damage and arson 190
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SN2 8 residents
- 2,496
Age bands in SN2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 12.3%
469 residents
232 residents
882 residents
653 residents
313 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
15
within 5 km
HAWTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE
MAY CLOSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1UU
ODS code J83027
750 m
MERCHISTON SURGERY
HIGHWORTH ROAD, STRATTON ST MARGARET, SWINDON, SN3 4BF
ODS code J83001
1.7 km
WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE
THE WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE, SWINDON NHS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ISLINGTON ST, SWINDON, SN1 2DQ
ODS code J83033
2.0 km
KINGSWOOD SURGERY
KINGSWOOD AVENUE, PARK NORTH, SWINDON, SN3 2RJ
ODS code J83038
2.7 km
VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY
168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU
ODS code J83633
2.7 km
ABBEY MEADS MEDICAL PRACT
ABBEYMEADS VILLAGE CENTRE, ELSTREE WAY, SWINDON, SN25 4YZ
ODS code J83035
2.7 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG
ODS code J83646
2.9 km
NORTH SWINDON PRACTICE
HOME GROUND SURGERY, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ
ODS code J83057
3.1 km
PRIORY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK SOUTH, SWINDON, SN3 2EZ
ODS code J83024
3.2 km
ELDENE SURGERY
COLINGSMEAD, ELDENE, SWINDON, SN3 3TQ
ODS code J83047
3.3 km
THE LAWN MEDICAL CENTRE
GUILDFORD AVENUE, SWINDON, SN3 1JL
ODS code J83059
3.5 km
OLD TOWN SURGERY
CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB
ODS code J83022
3.7 km
PHOENIX SURGERY
DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX
ODS code J83645
4.6 km
ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY
ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY
ODS code J83036
4.7 km
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX
ODS code J83064
4.8 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
- 0.0 miles
Cherry Orchard
BCT · Kembrey Park
- 0.1 miles
Walnut Court
BCT · Kembrey Park
- 0.1 miles
Ramsbury House
BCT · Kembrey Park
- 0.2 miles
Kembrey Inn
BCT · Kembrey Park
- 0.2 miles
Bramble Road
BCT · Kembrey Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 010B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,700 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,786 published events cover 12 months, averaging 232.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,111 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.