NN14 postcode district: Desborough and around, North Northamptonshire

NN14 is a postcode district in England, with 1,223 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Desborough, Thrapston, Rothwell, North Northamptonshire and 3 more places. Its council is North Northamptonshire.

Postcodes in use: 1,223
Sectors: 5
Council: North Northamptonshire
Places: 6 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in NN14, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 92
In use before 2020: 1,131
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,223 postcodes in NN14 that ONS places, 92 are new since 2020 and 1,131 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4122, longitude -0.7004. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

NN14 2AWJuly 2026 NN14 2BPJuly 2026 NN14 2AGJune 2026 NN14 2BBMay 2026 NN14 2BJMay 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

22 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN14 6LU, is the newest of them.
11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN14 2AW, is the newest of them.
11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN14 4GJ, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN14 2BP, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN14 6LL, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NN14 2FS, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in NN14?

Ofcom reports on 1,192 of the 1,223 postcodes in NN14. At 884 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 19 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit884 of 1,192

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,066 of 1,192

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband19 of 1,192

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is NN14 at risk of flooding?

74 of the 1,223 postcodes in NN14 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 207 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 74 of 1,223 postcodes High: 133Medium: 74Low: 82Very low: 104

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in NN14?

Homes in NN14 sold for a typical £280,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 621 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£280,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£286,475 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 2.3% on the 12 months before

Detached £387,500 254 sales
Semi-detached £262,500 208 sales
Terraced £218,500 145 sales
Flat or maisonette £132,500 14 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it