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, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 38
In use before 2020: 454
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 492 postcodes in PE38 that ONS places, 38 are new since 2020 and 454 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 52.5889, 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; 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

PE38 9FRJuly 2026 PE38 8EJJune 2026 PE38 9GZJune 2026 PE38 9WPJune 2026 PE38 9WHMay 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE38 9GZ, is the newest of them.
9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE38 8EJ, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE38 9FR, is the newest of them.

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