PE38 postcode district: Downham Market and around

PE38 is a postcode district mostly in Norfolk, with 492 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Downham Market. It is split between 2 councils: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (491 postcodes) and East Cambridgeshire (1). 491 are in Norfolk and 1 in Cambridgeshire.

Postcodes in use
492
Sectors
3
Councils
2 councils
Places
Downham Market

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

Every postcode in PE38, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in PE38, by flood risk Of the 492 postcodes in PE38 that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 60 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 413 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Downham Market. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. A1101A134 PE38 0AA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0AB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0AD: not on the flood risk listPE38 0AT: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DF: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DG: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DH: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DP: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DS: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DT: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DU: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DW: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DX: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DY: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0EA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0EB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0FA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0FB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0FE: not on the flood risk listPE38 0GA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HD: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HE: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HH: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HL: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HT: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HU: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HW: not on the flood risk listPE38 0HY: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JF: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JG: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JL: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JN: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JP: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JT: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JU: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JW: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JX: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JY: not on the flood risk listPE38 0JZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0LB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0LH: not on the flood risk listPE38 0LJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0LP: not on the flood risk listPE38 0LS: not on the flood risk listPE38 0LW: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0ND: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NF: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NG: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NH: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NL: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NN: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NR: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NT: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NW: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NX: not on the flood risk listPE38 0NY: not on the flood risk listPE38 0PA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0QS: not on the flood risk listPE38 8AQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9BT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9DZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9ED: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9ER: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9EX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9FZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9GW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9HZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9JR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9LZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9ND: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9NZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9PY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9QZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9RY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9SZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WS: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9XU: not on the flood risk listPE38 0PW: very low flood risk onlyPE38 0HB: low flood risk at worstPE38 0HN: low flood risk at worstPE38 0HP: low flood risk at worstPE38 0HS: low flood risk at worstPE38 0LF: low flood risk at worstPE38 0NE: low flood risk at worstPE38 0NS: low flood risk at worstPE38 0PG: low flood risk at worstPE38 0PH: low flood risk at worstPE38 0PP: low flood risk at worstPE38 0PX: low flood risk at worstPE38 0QH: low flood risk at worstPE38 0AE: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AG: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AH: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AJ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AL: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AN: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AP: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AQ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AW: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AX: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AY: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AZ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BA: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BB: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BE: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BF: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BG: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BH: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BJ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BL: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BN: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BP: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BQ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BS: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BT: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BU: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BW: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BX: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BY: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0BZ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0DL: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0DQ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0ED: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EF: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EG: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EH: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EN: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EP: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EQ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0ER: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0ES: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0ET: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EU: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EW: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EY: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0EZ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0FD: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0LD: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0LE: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0LN: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PB: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PD: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PE: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PF: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PJ: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PL: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0PT: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0QG: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0QR: medium flood risk at worstPE38 0AF: high flood riskPE38 0AU: high flood riskPE38 0EJ: high flood riskPE38 0PN: high flood riskPE38 0PR: high flood riskPE38 0PU: high flood risk Downham Market 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PE38 0BA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in PE38, by flood risk Of the 492 postcodes in PE38 that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 60 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 413 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Downham Market. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 2.5 km. Downham Market
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 60
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 413
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 492 postcodes in PE38 that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 60 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 413 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 52.5889, longitude 0.3757. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

PE38 0PU4 at high riskPE38 0AU3 at high riskPE38 0AF2 at high riskPE38 0PN2 at high riskPE38 0EJ1 at high riskPE38 0PR1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PE38 0BA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What broadband can you get in PE38?

Ofcom reports on 465 of the 492 postcodes in PE38. At 281 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 14 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit281 of 465
Postcodes where every home can get superfast405 of 465
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband14 of 465

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 PE38 at risk of flooding?

79 of the 492 postcodes in PE38 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 1,289 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 79 of 492 postcodes High: 13Medium: 1,276Low: 240Very low: 6

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 PE38?

Homes in PE38 sold for a typical £267,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 254 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£267,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£264,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £325,000 145 sales
  • Semi-detached £235,000 57 sales
  • Terraced £222,000 39 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £127,500 13 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

Postcodes in PE38

Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.

PE38 0164 postcodesPE38 812 postcodesPE38 9316 postcodes
UK postcode format explained

Places in PE38

Towns and villages with postcodes in PE38, and how many each has here.

Downham Market postcodes,308

Who covers PE38

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

  • South West Norfolk491
  • Ely and East Cambridgeshire1

Police force areas

  • Norfolk491
  • Cambridgeshire1

Next to PE38

PE37 postcode district All PE districts Downham Market postcodes

"Next to" is by number: the district before PE38 in the PE area.

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