Downham Market

Downham Market is covered by postcode district PE38. It is in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area, Norfolk.

Every postcode in Downham Market, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Downham Market, by flood risk Of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 307 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Downham Market. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A10 PE38 0DB: not on the flood risk listPE38 0DG: not on the flood risk listPE38 0GA: not on the flood risk listPE38 0QQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0QS: not on the flood risk listPE38 8AQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9AD: 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 9AQ: 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 9AW: 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 9BG: not on the 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flood risk listPE38 9TH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9TR: 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 9TY: 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 9UE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UH: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UJ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UL: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UN: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UP: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UQ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UR: not on the flood risk listPE38 9US: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UT: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UW: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9UZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WA: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WB: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WD: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WE: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WF: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WG: not on the flood risk listPE38 9WX: not on the flood risk listPE38 9XU: not on the flood risk listPE38 9XY: not on the flood risk listPE38 9XZ: not on the flood risk listPE38 0QR: medium flood risk at worst Downham Market Map of every postcode in Downham Market, by flood risk Of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 307 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Downham Market. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A10 Downham Market
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 307

Of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst and 307 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. 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 52.6035, longitude 0.3783. 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 medium risk at worst

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

What is it like to live in Downham Market?

Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 217 of the 296 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 308 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Downham Market, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Downham Market?

Homes in Downham Market sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 198 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£265,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£259,500
12 months to August 2026
£265,000

▲ up 2.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£319,000 112 sales
Semi-detached£241,250 38 sales
Terraced£222,000 35 sales
Flat or maisonette£127,500 13 sales

Across the whole PE38 district, Downham Market's main postcode district: a typical £267,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Downham Market: 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

Are new homes being built in Downham Market?

15 of the 308 postcodes now in use in Downham Market came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 216 homes sold in Downham Market were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE38 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Downham MarketAcross the PE38 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 198 (Under 1%) 6 of 254 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 9 of 216 (4%) 35 of 302 (12%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Downham Market?

Ofcom reports on 296 of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market. At 217 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit217 of 296
Postcodes where every home can get superfast294 of 296

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 Downham Market at risk of flooding?

1 of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 308 postcodes Medium: 3

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

Which schools are in Downham Market?

The open schools at the postcodes in Downham Market. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Downham Market?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Downham Market is Downham Market Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.

  • Downham Market Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
  • Watlington Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive
  • Littleport Rail Station Railway station 16.2 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Downham Market?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Downham Market. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Downham Market safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 691 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Downham Market over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 60 September 2025
  2. 66 October 2025
  3. 50 November 2025
  4. 46 December 2025
  5. 62 January 2026
  6. 67 February 2026
  7. 62 March 2026
  8. 59 April 2026
  9. 53 May 2026
  10. 44 June 2026
  11. 75 July 2026
  12. 47 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences261 reports
Anti-social behaviour105 reports
Shoplifting74 reports
Criminal damage and arson66 reports
Other theft61 reports
Public order39 reports
Drugs27 reports
Other crime16 reports

Also: burglary 15, vehicle crime 13, bicycle theft 6, robbery 4, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Downham Market?

District, borough or city council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
South West Norfolk
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Terry Jermy (Labour)

All 308 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Downham Market

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Downham Market postcodes

308 postcodes in use in Downham Market, by district:

That district is in the PE postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Downham Market

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Downham Market's £265,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Downham Market

What is it like to live in Downham Market?
Homes sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 217 of the 296 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 308 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Downham Market, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Downham Market?
Downham Market is covered by postcode district PE38, across 308 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Downham Market in?
Downham Market is in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Downham Market?
Downham Market is in the South West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Terry Jermy (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Downham Market?
Homes in Downham Market sold for a typical £265,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 198 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Downham Market?
In Downham Market, primary schools at its postcodes include Nelson Academy and Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Downham Market Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Downham Market have a railway station?
Yes: Downham Market is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Downham Market, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Downham Market?
Ofcom reports on 296 of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market. At 217 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Downham Market at risk of flooding?
1 of the 308 postcodes in Downham Market has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Downham Market?
15 of the 308 postcodes now in use in Downham Market came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 216 homes sold in Downham Market were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE38 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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