PE7 postcode district: Peterborough and around

PE7 is a postcode district mostly in Cambridgeshire, with 1,309 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Peterborough, Whittlesey, Yaxley and 1 more place. It is split between 3 councils: Fenland (481 postcodes), Peterborough (447) and Huntingdonshire (381). 862 are in Cambridgeshire. ONS lists no county for the other 447.

Postcodes in use: 1,309
Sectors: 8
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 4 places

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

Every postcode in PE7, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 199
In use before 2020: 1,110
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,309 postcodes in PE7 that ONS places, 199 are new since 2020 and 1,110 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 160 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 52.5364, longitude -0.2105. 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

PE7 1WLJuly 2026 PE7 4AGJuly 2026 PE7 8YWJuly 2026 PE7 8XPJune 2026 PE7 8ZPJune 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

26 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE7 8WW, is the newest of them.
17 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE7 7DT, is the newest of them.
15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE7 8TE, is the newest of them.
14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE7 8XP, is the newest of them.
12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE7 2GP, is the newest of them.
12 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PE7 7AA, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in PE7?

Ofcom reports on 1,270 of the 1,309 postcodes in PE7. At 1,076 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 8 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,076 of 1,270

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,168 of 1,270

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband8 of 1,270

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 PE7 at risk of flooding?

132 of the 1,309 postcodes in PE7 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 1,876 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 132 of 1,309 postcodes High: 263Medium: 1,613Low: 15

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 PE7?

Homes in PE7 sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 678 sales, down 7.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£281,500 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 7.6% on the 12 months before

Detached £345,000 289 sales
Semi-detached £243,000 224 sales
Terraced £208,000 112 sales
Flat or maisonette £135,000 53 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