PE31 postcode district: Heacham and around, Norfolk
PE31 is a postcode district in Norfolk, with 896 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Heacham, Dersingham, Snettisham and 3 more places. It is split between 2 councils: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (888 postcodes) and North Norfolk (8).
- Postcodes in use
- 896
- Sectors
- 3
- Councils
- 2 councils
- 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 PE31, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 42
- In use before 2020: 854
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 896 postcodes in PE31 that ONS places, 42 are new since 2020 and 854 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 210 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 52.8822, longitude 0.5733. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE31 8QS, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in PE31?
Ofcom reports on 877 of the 896 postcodes in PE31. At 404 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 44 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is PE31 at risk of flooding?
125 of the 896 postcodes in PE31 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 498 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 PE31?
Homes in PE31 sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 293 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £368,000 159 sales
- Semi-detached £263,000 83 sales
- Terraced £295,000 47 sales
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
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
Postcodes in PE31
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in PE31
Towns and villages with postcodes in PE31, and how many each has here.
Who covers PE31
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- North West Norfolk888
- Broadland and Fakenham8
Police force areas
- Norfolk896
Next to PE31
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after PE31 in the PE area.
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