Hunstanton

Hunstanton is covered by postcode districts PE31 and PE36. It is in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £266,500 Homes sold in Hunstanton, last 12 months. ▼ 6.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 138 of 205 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 19 of 210 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 547 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hunstanton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hunstanton, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 5 are at very low risk only and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Hunstanton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. PE36 5AA: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AB: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AE: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AF: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AH: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AN: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AR: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AT: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AW: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AY: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BN: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BS: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BT: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BU: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BW: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BX: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BY: not on the flood risk listPE36 5BZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DA: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DB: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DD: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DE: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DF: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DH: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DN: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DR: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DS: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DT: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DU: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DW: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DX: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DY: not on the flood risk listPE36 5DZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EA: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EB: not on the flood risk listPE36 5ED: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EE: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EH: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5EP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5ET: not on the flood risk listPE36 5FA: not on the flood risk listPE36 5FB: not on the flood risk listPE36 5FP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5FQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5FR: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HA: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HB: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HD: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HE: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HF: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HH: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HN: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HR: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HT: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HU: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HW: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HX: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HY: not on the flood risk listPE36 5HZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JA: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JB: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JD: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JE: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JH: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5JQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5NJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5NL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5NN: not on the flood risk listPE36 5NP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5NT: not on the flood risk listPE36 5NW: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PD: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PF: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PH: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PL: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PN: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PP: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PR: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PS: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PT: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PU: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PW: not on the flood risk listPE36 5PX: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AA: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AB: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AD: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AE: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AF: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AG: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AH: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AL: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AN: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AP: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AS: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AT: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AW: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AX: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AY: not on the flood risk listPE36 6AZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BA: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BB: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BF: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BG: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BP: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BS: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BT: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BU: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BW: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BX: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BY: not on the flood risk listPE36 6BZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DA: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DD: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DF: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DG: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DL: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DN: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DP: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DR: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DS: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DT: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DW: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DX: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DY: not on the flood risk listPE36 6DZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EB: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EF: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EG: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EH: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EL: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EN: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EP: not on the flood risk listPE36 6ER: not on the flood risk listPE36 6ES: not on the flood risk listPE36 6ET: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EU: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EW: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EX: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EY: not on the flood risk listPE36 6EZ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6FA: not on the flood risk listPE36 6FD: not on the flood risk listPE36 6FE: not on the flood risk listPE36 6FF: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HA: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HB: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HD: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HE: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HF: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HG: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HJ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HQ: not on the flood risk listPE36 6HW: not on the flood risk listPE36 6QG: not on the flood risk listPE36 5AZ: very low flood risk onlyPE36 5JF: very low flood risk onlyPE36 5PA: very low flood risk onlyPE36 5PB: very low flood risk onlyPE36 5PE: very low flood risk onlyPE36 5BE: low flood risk at worstPE36 5BH: low flood risk at worstPE36 5AX: medium flood risk at worstPE36 5BB: medium flood risk at worstPE36 5AJ: high flood riskPE36 5BA: high flood riskPE36 5BD: high flood riskPE36 5BF: high flood riskPE36 5BQ: high flood riskPE36 6BL: high flood riskPE36 6DU: high flood riskPE36 6FH: high flood riskPE36 6GB: high flood risk Hunstanton Map of every postcode in Hunstanton, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 5 are at very low risk only and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Hunstanton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Hunstanton
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 5
  • Not on the at-risk list: 191

Of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 5 are at very low risk only and 191 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 52.9380, longitude 0.4914. 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.

PE36 5BA212 at high riskPE31 7LJ92 at high riskPE36 5AJ12 at high riskPE36 5BD11 at high riskPE36 5BF5 at high riskPE36 6GB5 at high riskPE36 5BQ3 at high riskPE36 6BL2 at high riskPE36 6DU2 at high riskPE36 6FH2 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

PE31 7LJ

What is it like to live in Hunstanton?

Homes sold for a typical £266,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.5% on the 12 months before. At 138 of the 205 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 547 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 210 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Heacham Group Practice, 3.1 km from the middle.

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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Hunstanton?

Homes in Hunstanton sold for a typical £266,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 6.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£266,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£285,000
12 months to August 2026
£266,500

▼ down 6.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£362,000 36 sales
Semi-detached£241,750 16 sales
Terraced£254,187 14 sales
Flat or maisonette£185,000 26 sales

Across the whole PE36 district, Hunstanton's main postcode district: a typical £293,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hunstanton: 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 Hunstanton?

14 of the 210 postcodes now in use in Hunstanton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 100 homes sold in Hunstanton were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE36 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

PE36 5FQsince January 2026PE36 5FRsince May 2025PE36 9BJsince September 2024PE36 5FPsince April 2024PE36 6FDsince November 2022PE36 5BGsince September 2022

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 HunstantonAcross the PE36 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 92 (0%) 2 of 124 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 2 of 100 (2%) 11 of 150 (7%)

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 Hunstanton?

Ofcom reports on 205 of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton. At 138 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit138 of 205
Postcodes where every home can get superfast195 of 205
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 205

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 Hunstanton at risk of flooding?

19 of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton 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 547 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 19 of 210 postcodes High: 346Medium: 201Low: 339Very low: 614

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 Hunstanton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Hunstanton. 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.

Primary

Secondary

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

Which GP surgeries are in Hunstanton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Hunstanton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Hunstanton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 315 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hunstanton 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. 26 September 2025
  2. 21 October 2025
  3. 20 November 2025
  4. 16 December 2025
  5. 27 January 2026
  6. 16 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 14 April 2026
  9. 30 May 2026
  10. 37 June 2026
  11. 45 July 2026
  12. 38 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences136 reports
Criminal damage and arson45 reports
Anti-social behaviour38 reports
Other theft28 reports
Public order22 reports
Shoplifting15 reports
Drugs8 reports
Burglary6 reports

Also: other crime 6, possession of weapons 5, robbery 3, vehicle crime 1, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 Hunstanton?

District, borough or city council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
North West Norfolk
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
James Wild (Conservative)

All 210 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 Hunstanton

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Hunstanton postcodes

210 postcodes in use in Hunstanton, by district:

PE36 postcode district,209 postcodesPE31 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all 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 Hunstanton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hunstanton's £266,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Heacham3.4 km, £270,000Snettisham6.9 km, £325,000Docking9.9 km, £355,000Dersingham10.3 km, £293,500King's Lynn20.5 km, £217,000Clenchwarton22.1 km, £280,000Terrington St Clement24.0 km, £281,500Wells-next-the-Sea24.2 km, £425,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Hunstanton

What is it like to live in Hunstanton?
Homes sold for a typical £266,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6.5% on the 12 months before. At 138 of the 205 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 547 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 19 of its 210 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Heacham Group Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. 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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Hunstanton?
Hunstanton is covered by postcode districts PE31 and PE36, across 210 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Hunstanton in?
Hunstanton 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 Hunstanton?
Hunstanton is in the North West Norfolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is James Wild (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Hunstanton?
Homes in Hunstanton sold for a typical £266,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 6.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Hunstanton?
In Hunstanton, primary schools at its postcodes include Hunstanton Primary School and Glebe House School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Smithdon High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Hunstanton?
Ofcom reports on 205 of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton. At 138 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Hunstanton at risk of flooding?
19 of the 210 postcodes in Hunstanton 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 547 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 Hunstanton?
14 of the 210 postcodes now in use in Hunstanton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 100 homes sold in Hunstanton were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PE36 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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